What is the Difference Between an Agreement and a Deed?

At its simplest, a deed is a promise that is not supported by consideration (payment). This means that to be valid, deeds must comply with much more specific requirements than contracts. You cannot simply infer the parties’ intentions to bound as you may be able to...

Updating your Will

An executed Will only describes the Will maker’s wishes at a particular point in time. As such, we recommend that you regularly review your Will to ensure that it accurately reflects your current wishes. This is particularly important if your circumstances change....

Superannuation Guarantee non-compliance & Amnesty

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will be introducing new measures to target non compliance of Superannuation Guarantee (SG) from 1 July 2018. The ATO will improve processes for recovering unpaid SG by strengthening the use of director penalties by restricting the...

Find your lost super

The Government hopes to reunite more people with their lost super by requiring super funds to transfer inactive accounts (where contributions have not been received for 13 months) with a balance below $6,000 to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ATO will...