Running a school is a complex process and relies on relationships with many stakeholders, service providers and the community. It is inevitable that disputes will arise, but the key to resolution lies in being prepared. This session provides a guide for schools on how to prepare for a dispute and steps to take to achieve resolution, including:
In this update to conveyancing law and practice in New South Wales, legal author and commentator Tony Cahill provides a guide to the 2022 Contract For the Sale and Purchase of Land, including the amendments required because of changes to the Conveyancing and Environment and Planning Regulations, and other developments in conveyancing practice, since the 2019 contract was introduced.
33 minutes / 0.5 CPD units
Rarely is Division 7A out of the tax practitioner’s news. Either its tentacles are spreading wider than first thought, or the complexities of the Division are resulting in arrangements falling foul of the ATO. This session explores the issues encountered in practice, including:
The May 2024 reforms promised a new era of stronger governance for body corporates — from towing obstructive vehicles to regulating smoking, controlling pets, and enforcing by-laws directly against subsidiary owners. Yet the reality has proven more complex. While the powers look sweeping on paper, their practical enforcement has raised legal, procedural, and cultural challenges for committees, lot owners, and their lawyers.
Rarely is Division 7A out of the tax practitioner’s news. Either its tentacles are spreading wider than first thought, or the complexities of the Division are resulting in arrangements falling foul of the ATO. This session explores the issues encountered in practice, including:
Recorded Webinar: Skills:Estimating Fees and Getting Costing Right (Practice Mgmt & Business Skills)
This session looks at what we normally get wrong in fee estimates and costing. Understanding the no-go zones on costing provides a path forward in efficient practice management. It includes:
Residency and central management and control are fundamental concepts in Australian tax. However, there are complexities to the application of residency, particularly to trusts, which are not well understood. This session provides an update on the principles relating to residence and central management and control in relation to companies and explores the complexities of residence in relation to trusts.
Featuring: Mark Molesworth, BDO (Qld), Brisbane
[26.21 minutes] [0.43 CPD hours]
The adverse action provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009, can and have been used by poorly performing employees to challenge the performance management processes of their employers. In this program, Ben Dudley, from Seyfarth Shaw Australia in Sydney, through recent case law, looks at the nature and extent of the threat to performance management processes posed by the adverse action provisions, and the steps employers can be take to bullet proof their processes.
Featuring: Ben Dudley, Seyfarth Shaw Australia, Sydney
[35 minutes] [0.58 CPD hours]
We understand the reality of electronic conveyancing. How much have we understood the essential risk management imperatives that go with it? This session looks at the key issues, including:
Professional conduct obligations and electronic conveyancing
Practical risk issues in identification of the client – preventing identity fraud
Dealing with discharge of mortgage and email hacking
Risks with electronic documents and electronic signatures
Conflicts of interest can take varying forms, including not only actual conflicts, but situations that may become conflicting, as well as situations that others may perceive to be a conflict of interest. The obligation the accountant in practice has, is to manage and minimize such conflict. This session is designed to assist with achieving that objective, including: