Tax

The High Court has declined to weigh in on a dispute between the tax office and Canberra developer Geocon over excess GST on $115 million in sales from a 360-unit development.

Mills Oakley has been hit with a negligence lawsuit by a former client who claims the firm failed to advise of the tax consequences of demolishing a dwelling before selling a property in Melbourne's east for $5.4 million.

The Full Court has rejected an appeal by the tax office over the classification of a redundancy payment, finding that an early learning centre worker who was offered reduced hours and pay as part of a restructure was made redundant.

The tax office has won the appointment of special purpose liquidators to entities behind a number of Queensland construction projects, as it seeks to claw back a claimed $16 million debt.

The former CEO of Nudie Juice and his wife are fighting a court's ruling in favour of a liquidator's case making breach of duty claims in relation to an alleged tax fraud scheme.

A court has heard that the former CEO of juice company Nudie is "very unwell" and needs more time to file a defence in a case stemming from an alleged fraudulent tax scheme, a week after a judge tossed his summary dismissal bid in a related case.

The owners of two trusts that manage properties in Melbourne’s south-eastern and western suburbs have won a land tax refund after a court found Victoria's revenue office should have assessed the holdings separately.

Two units of Queensland real estate firm Coronis have lost a fight with the tax office over service fee deductions claimed for payments to related entities for the use of the Coronis trade mark, among other trust assets.

The former CEO of beverage company Nudie and his wife can't escape a liquidator’s case that seeks to void clauses of a settlement that released them from breach of duty claims over an alleged fraudulent tax scheme.

Johnson Winter Slattery is looking to cement its reputation as a market-leading tax firm by luring Clayton Utz's former national head of tax.