Inquiry into Tax Disputes – rule of law is essential
2014-07-14 Inquiry into Tax Disputes – Submission 006 INQUIRY INTO TAX DISPUTES CIVIL LIBERTIES AUSTRALIA SUBMISSION TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON TAX AND REVENUE No sane person likes disputes. The object of any legal system should be … Continue reading
Australia’s tax treaty negotiating position
2014-07-24 Dwyer Lawyers submission to Treasurer re tax treaty negotiating position When it comes to looking after the national interest or looking after the welfare and security of Australians in terms of tax negotiations, one would have to say Australian … Continue reading
Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
2014-05-15 Submission to Treasury re small business and tax discretions https://www.treasury.gov.au/~/media/Treasury/Consultations%20and%20Reviews/Consultations/2014/Small%20Business%20and%20Family%20Enterprise%20Ombudsman/Submissions/PDF/Dwyer_Lawyers.ashx 14 May 2014 Commonwealth Treasury Parkes Place CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Sir/Madam SMALL BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE OMBUDSMAN May we suggest that it would be very sensible for all … Continue reading
Singapore no longer a privacy haven
The OECD/G20 onslaught – Singapore capitulates The fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was the most traumatic event in the history of the Crown Colony, the Queen of the Straits Settlements. The Crown Colony found itself no longer protected, … Continue reading
The OECD/G20 tax agenda – automatic data exchange can’t work, won’t work and shouldn’t work
2013-11-30 The OECD and G20 agenda it can’t work, it won’t work and shouldn’t work THE OECD/G20 TAX AGENDA It can’t work, it won’t work and it shouldn’t work Dr Terry Dwyer Dwyer Lawyers www.dwyerlawyers.com.au The recent St Petersburg … Continue reading
Patents: An Immoral and Inefficient Anachronism
2012-07-16 Dwyer Lawyers Submission re patent system 17 July 2012 Compulsory Licensing of Patents Productivity Commission LB2 Collins Street East Melbourne Vic 8003 Att: Delwyn Lanning Dear Sirs PATENTS: AN IMMORAL AND INEFFICIENT ANACHRONISM Patents are immoral, contrary … Continue reading
International Estate Planning
2012-07-19 Dwyer Offshore Investment estate planning 227 INTERNATIONAL ESTATE PLANNING Terry Dwyer, Dwyer Lawyers, Canberra, Australia Of death and taxes, heaven and havens Death may be inevitable, but for a religiously-inclined person, it may be seen as an escape from … Continue reading