On 22 September 2020, the Retail Leases Amendment Act 2020 (Vic)received Royal Assent and made changes to the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) which affect both landlords and tenants in Victoria. The key changes are: Essential Safety Measures (ESMs): If agreed between the landlord and tenant, the landlord may recover from the tenant the costs […]
Daily Archives: December 18, 2020
NSW Land Tax Assessments Now include an additional 2% surcharge for land tax
Revenue NSW (formerly the Office of State Revenue – NSW) has started to issue land tax assessments that now include the additional 2% foreign person surcharge land tax amount to trustees Revenue NSW now deems that a discretionary trust is a foreign trust because of the State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2020 (Bill). In […]
Family Law, Christmas and Kids: a jolly old time or a rotten turkey?
How to navigate your way through co-parenting during the holiday season Christmas arrangements Given 2020 has been a stressful and challenging year, we’re all looking for a fresh start come 2021! After what seems like forever, Melbourne is thankfully out of lockdown, however we’ve immediately run into the Christmas and the holiday season. In normal […]