What is a trade mark?

A trade mark is a way of legally protecting your brand, product or service from being used without your consent. Registration of a trade mark provides owners with the exclusive legal right to use, license and sell their intellectual asset. Put simply, a trade mark is...

Key Issues Affecting Trust Distributions

Some of the key issues associated with the distribution of trust income from a discretionary trust are listed as follows. However, it is important to be aware that this process will inevitably be different from one trust to another. This is because each trust presents...

Are you under the ATO’s audit microscope in 2018?

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and Federal Government have become concerned about the level of compliance in cash-based industries and there have been further developments in this area. In particular, the ATO and Federal Government have extended the taxable...