Tax and Duties Advice

A property purchase, business sale or restructure can carry a tax cost that changes the whole decision. If the documents have already been signed, an unexpected assessment can be just as unsettling. We help you understand the legal position and the choices available.

Tax Lawyers advises individuals, business owners and professional advisers on Australian tax and Western Australian duties. We explain the implications in plain language, with advice tied to the transaction you are actually undertaking.

The questions we help answer

• How income tax, capital gains tax and GST may apply to a proposed or completed transaction.
• Whether Western Australian transfer duty, landholder duty or foreign duty needs to be addressed.
• How ownership, valuations, related parties and funding arrangements affect the analysis.
• Whether transaction documents, trust deeds and implementation steps support the intended tax treatment.
• Whether seeking a ruling could help resolve uncertainty before a decision is made.
• How to respond to a revenue assessment, information request, penalty decision or objection.

Advice you can use to make a decision

We begin with what you want to achieve commercially. We then review the complete arrangement, identify the relevant rules and explain any assumptions that need to be checked. Where several taxes or duties are involved, we consider them together.

• You know which documents and facts the advice relies on.
• You understand the material risks and the options worth considering.
• You can discuss the advice with your accountant, conveyancer or other advisers without having to translate legal jargon.
• You receive a fixed-fee quote for the work we agree to do before it starts.

If you are considering a transaction, contact us before committing where possible. If you have already received an assessment, tell us about it and any deadline. We will explain the work needed to advise you, including anything that cannot yet be answered with confidence.