Bender's Australian Stamp Duties

This guide provides a unique and comprehensive exposition of stamp duties law in each Australian state and territory.

The guide aims to be a “one-stop” shop for stamp duty and Australia’s most comprehensive guide on the subject.

Covering not only transfer and conveyance duty, the guide also provides detailed commentary about trusts and partnerships, landholder duty, insurance duty, motor vehicle duty, other miscellaneous duties, concessions and exemptions, corporate reconstruction and consolidation relief, tax avoidance, and tax administration.

“The author has a clear, concise and easy to read style which is most welcome... The clever use of tables and summary tips with practical examples rather than dense text is a highlight. This is a unique book in content and presentation… Highly recommended for general practitioners or practitioners with extensive stamp duties practices.”
– Review in the Law Institute of Victoria’s Law Institute Journal

Helpful to specialist stamp duty practitioners, this guide is also designed for lawyers and accountants who may have less experience in the field.

Bender's Australian Stamp Duties includes:

• helpful comparative tables of the stamp duty rules in each state and territory;
• practical tips and warnings;
• case law summaries of most stamp duty cases in Australia that have been decided over the past century;
• examples to illustrate the operation of stamp duty principles;
• comprehensive summaries of the key legal principles; and
• details of critical forms and guidance used by revenue authorities. 

The online and print ition incorporates changes that were known up to 1 April 2018.

The annual online subscription includes:

• 12 months of unlimited access to the 2018 online book; and
• interactive eLearning with reference links back to the online book (3 CPD hours).

About our author

Dr Philip Bender is a member of the NSW Bar Association and Victorian Bar, practising in Melbourne and Sydney, and other jurisdictions depending on the nature of the matter.

Philip has acted for both private taxpayers and federal and state revenue authorities, and has appeared a number of times in the High Court.

In the federal taxes field, he has acted in a range of GST, FBT and luxury car tax cases, as well as advising on anti-avoidance issues. He has also advised on and appeared in a diverse range of income tax matters. Philip has a particular interest in international tax, advising on and acting in a range of matters, and has also acted in a number of leading trusts/superannuation cases.

In the state taxes field, as well as stamp duties, Philip has advised on and appeared in land tax and payroll tax matters, including the first ever land tax grouping case in Victoria.

Philip also has a general practice in administrative law, and commercial and property law, including trusts and estates.

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