Session 1: | Announced, Stalled and Shelved – A Practical Guide for Advisers |
Session 2: | Official Welcome and Opening Address – Tim Sandow, CTA, President, The Tax Institute |
Session 3: | Justice Hill Memorial Lecture |
Session 8: | Tax Reform in Motion – Policy, Politics, and the Real-World Impact |
Session 9: | Commissioner’s Address – Rob Heferen, Commissioner of Taxation, Australian Taxation Office |
Session 12: | CGT Reform 2026 – Budget Measures and Announced Law |
Session 16: | VIP Presentation |
Session 20: | Closing Keynote and Seated Lunch, ICC Sydney, Cockle Bay Rooms |
Session streams
Keynotes
SME
Session 4.1: | Family Trust and Interposed Entity Elections — Where Succession Planning Goes Wrong |
Session 5.1: | Small Business CGT – Current and Emerging Issues |
Session 6.1: | The Future of Trusts: When the Next Generation Walks Away or isPushed – Trust Exit, Control and Tax Risk |
Session 7.1: | SME – What's on Our Radar |
Session 10.1: | Issues in Franking for SMEs |
Session 11.1: | Structuring Into the Concessions |
Session 13.1: | When SMEs Cross Borders – Key International Tax Issues to Watch |
Session 14.1: | Beyond the Will – Unravelling Tax in Deceased Estates |
Session 15.1: | Bendel – Between the Budget, Subdivision EA and Section 100A,is any Victory Pyrrhic? |
Session 17.1: | When Pre-CGT Status is Lost and Opportunities When it is Not |
Session 18.1: | SMSF Advisers – Have You Been Paying Attention? |
Session 19.1: | Splitting More Than Assets – The Tax Side of Divorce |
Corporate
Session 4.4: | Australia's Thin Capitalisation Regime – Reform, Risk and Practical Implications |
Session 5.4: | Data centres – An International Tax Case Study |
Session 6.4: | Tax Consolidation – Ins and Outs |
Session 7.4: | Corporates – What's on the ATO's Radar |
Session 10.4: | M&A Tax – Navigating the Uncertainty |
Session 11.4: | Treaty Access and Tax Presence – Navigating Residency, Permanent Establishment and the MLI |
Session 13.4: | Beyond Compliance – What Corporate Tax Leaders are Focused on Now |
Session 14.4: | Debt Deduction Creation Rules – Practical Applications |
Session 15.4: | Royalties and Intellectual Property – Structuring, Substance and Scrutiny |
Session 17.4: | Private Capital in Focus – Tax Risk, Regulation and Market Direction |
Session 18.4: | Australia’s Public CbC Reporting – Compliance and Strategy |
Session 19.4: | Economic Update |
Tax Disputes
Session 5.2: | Navigating ATO Debt – Current Issues and Strategies |
Session 6.2 | Evidence in Tax Disputes |
Property
Session 10.2: | Current Tax Issues in Property Development |
Session 11.2: | Deductions – Rental Properties and Holiday Homes |
Session 13.2: | Land Tax Nuances Across the States |
AI
Session 17.2: | Ethics and AI |
Session 18.2: | Functional Analysis – How Decisions are Being Made by AI |
Next Generation
Session 5.3: | Leading in Tax – From Technical Expert to Trusted Adviser |
Session 6.3: | Financing 101 – Building Your International Tax Toolkit |
Hot Topics
Session 10.3: | Part IVA – Implications of Recent Decisions |
Session 11.3: | FBT implications for Owners, Controllers and Directors |
Session 13.3: | R&D Tax Incentive 2026 – What's New and What Matters Most |
Session 17.3: | AML and Counter Terrorism – Where Are We Now? |
Session 18.3: | GST Update – The Year in Review and What Lies Ahead |