


What are your rights when your de facto partner dies (in SA)?
Do you have the same rights as people who are married? For example, to share in your partner’s estate, challenge their Will, get damages for wrongful death, claim super benefits, etc? The short answer is, yes, but…

Will the SA Land Tax changes affect my parents’ pension?
We previously talked about how the SA land tax changes have had significant impacts on trusts (particularly discretionary trusts) that own land. Those changes meant that trusts saw a substantial increase in their land tax bill from 1 July 2020, unless they nominated...
Avoid Additional Stamp Duty in Victoria – Exclude Foreign Beneficiaries from Your Discretionary Trust
The Victorian State Revenue Office (SRO) has announced that from 1 March 2020 it has adopted a new approach in applying the ‘foreign purchaser additional duty’ (FPAD) provisions of the Duties Act 2000 (Vic) to discretionary trusts. Make sure you don’t get caught by this additional 8% of duty.