Tax Bar Events & CPDs

Tax

Transfer Pricing Cases: Practical and Evidentiary Considerations

The Tax Bar Association
12Dec

The Tax Bar Association invites you to a CPD examining practical and evidentiary issues in transfer pricing cases. The session will explore the nature of the evidence needed to discharge a taxpayer's onus of proof, including to establish the characteristics of the parties to the hypothetical transaction, the hypothetical transaction itself and the arm's length consideration or "conditions."

The session will also cover the cross-examination of transfer pricing experts, with a practical focus.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via livestream.

Speaker(s): 
John de Wijn AM KC, Andrew Roe, Claire Horan
When: 
Tuesday, 12 December, 2023 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law; Barristers Skills;
FOUNDATION
 
INTERMEDIATE
 
ADVANCED
SL
BS
Book Event

Vanderstock v Victoria [2023] HCA 30

The Tax Bar Association
29Nov

The "electric vehicle tax" decision in Vanderstock v Victoria [2023] HCA 30 is likely to have far reaching implications for Australia's tax jurisprudence and political economy. Edelman J’s dissent notes at [677] there may be real questions about constitutionality for State taxes in some circumstances. The dissenting Steward J at [825] agrees with Edelman J at [612] it may require a "fresh start" on what constitutes an impermissible imposition of an excise by a State. 

A distinguished panel of eminent members of our Bar, the Hon. Ron Merkel KC, David Bloom KC and Peter Hanks KC, will address the decision, with significant time allowed for questions from the audience. Questions in advance can be emailed to Nick Dodds via nicholas.dodds@vicbar.com.au.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via livestream.

Speaker(s): 
The Hon. Ron Merkel KC, David Bloom KC, Peter Hanks KC
When: 
Wednesday, 29 November, 2023 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;
FOUNDATION
 
INTERMEDIATE
 
ADVANCED
SL
Book Event

BBlood in the Full Court: Section 100A

The Tax Bar Association
24Jul

The Tax Bar Association invites you to a CPD on the recent Full Federal Court decision in B&F Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for the Illuka Park Trust v Commissioner of Taxation [2023] FCAFC 89: the appeal from BBlood Enterprises Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2022] FCA 1112, and the latest judicial consideration of section 100A.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via live stream.

Speaker(s): 
Greg Davies KC, Edward Moore
When: 
Monday, 24 July, 2023 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;
FOUNDATION
 
INTERMEDIATE
 
ADVANCED
SL
Book Event

Section 100A, Part IVA and Guardian: insights from the Full Court

The Tax Bar Association
7Mar

The Tax Bar Association invites you to a CPD on the recent Full Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Guardian AIT Pty Ltd ATF Australian Investment Trust [2023] FCAFC 3. This session will take a detailed look at the case, and consider its significance for the application of section 100A and Part IVA in future disputes.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via livestream.

Speaker(s): 
Nick Dodds (Chair), Michael Flynn KC, James Strong
When: 
Tuesday, 7 March, 2023 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;
FOUNDATION
 
INTERMEDIATE
 
ADVANCED
SL
Book Event

Recent Tax Cases

The Tax Bar Association
9Aug

This presentation will provide an update on recent cases spanning a number of areas of revenue law. Specifically, it will address:

  1. The discretionary considerations for granting declaratory relief and the meaning of “share capital” and “share capital account” in Aurizon Holdings Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2022] FCA 368;
  1. The treatment of “notional GST” in the Pt IVC framework, and the application of the GST margin scheme to the transfer of several freehold interests in land to a third party as part of a single contract, in Landcom v Commissioner of Taxation [2022] FCA 510; and
  1. Determining whether a worker is an “employee” at common law (applying recent High Court authority on the distinction between employee and independent contractor) or on the extended definition, for the purposes of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) in JMC Pty Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2022] FCA 750.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via Zoom.

Speaker(s): 
Daniel McInerney QC (Chair), Alissa Crittenden, Mark Gioskos, Jakub Patela
When: 
Tuesday, 9 August, 2022 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Bar Council Chamber, Owen Dixon Chambers East Level 1, 205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;
FOUNDATION
 
INTERMEDIATE
 
ADVANCED
SL
Book Event