Personal Insolvency – A Potted Summary
18/03/2013 by Michael Jones
This is a very basic summary of the current regime in Australia applicable to personal insolvency and Bankruptcy of Individuals . . .
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13/12/2012 by Michael Jones
The title of this paper is named after the character created by Robert Louis Stevenson commonly known today as “The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. The Jekyll and Hyde description usually refers to a person with a split personality, one good and one bad. So it is that in many cases the Australian Taxation Office (The ATO) seems to have a Jekyll and Hyde approach when it comes to tax payers who are unable to pay their debts due to insolvency. WHY IS THE ATO THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION When businesses get into financial difficulty, cash flow becomes extremely tight. The simple principle is that the noisy cog gets the oil, thus employees are paid before critical suppliers, c
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