Taxation

• The electrifying excision of an excise on electric vehicles - Vanderstock v Victoria

  23rd Nov 2023

  In a shift in the conversation about climate change and the energy transition, the High Court has found the section of the Act requiring electric vehicle drivers to pay an annual charge to the Victorian Government to be unconstitutional. Vaughan Hager unpacks the case.

• Superannuation and TPD insurance: Ensure your clients don’t lose thousands of dollars in tax

  19th Sep 2019

  Andrew Reynolds provides practical tips for personal injury lawyers practising in the areas of superannuation and TPD on how they can prevent their clients from making potentially costly decisions and help them to maximise their benefit.

• Perspectives on a taxation of costs in the Federal Court of Australia in 2019

  2nd May 2019

  Romaine Abraham explores the Federal Court's current interpretation of the Federal Court Scale of Costs.

• Superannuation and TPD Insurance: Four things you should tell every TPD client

  11th Oct 2018

  Giving TPD insurance claimants specific information early on can stop them taking action that is potentially financially damaging and encourage them to think about how best to maximise their claim should it be successful.

• Superannuation disability insurance: tips and traps

  17th Aug 2017

  This article offers ten tips for successful total and permanent disablement (TPD) claims under insurance held through superannuation.
   

• How to protect your client's TPD money

  8th Jun 2017

  There are simple strategies that can be implemented to make the most of any TPD claim, particularly minimising tax payments and maximising other benefit entitlements.