What is a trade mark?

A trade mark is a way of legally protecting your brand, product or service from being used without your consent. Registration of a trade mark provides owners with the exclusive legal right to use, license and sell their intellectual asset. Put simply, a trade mark is...

Key Issues Affecting Trust Distributions

Some of the key issues associated with the distribution of trust income from a discretionary trust are listed as follows. However, it is important to be aware that this process will inevitably be different from one trust to another. This is because each trust presents...

Are you under the ATO’s audit microscope in 2025-2026?

Beware: Trusts Under the Microscope With the ATO significantly increasing its scrutiny on trust arrangements in recent years, family trusts – once considered a routine structure for asset protection and tax planning – are now firmly under the regulatory spotlight. The...