The 2009 National Convention, "Bright Lights Big City", included presentations by The Secretary of Treasury and the Commissioner of Taxation. Additionally, specialist streams covered:
- trusts issues affecting SMEs
- R&D
- GST
- not for profit and charity organisations
- superannuation
- transfer pricing.
- small business concessions and main residence exemptions
- earn-out arrangements
- buying and selling of intangible assets
- managing intergenerational change
- the latest developments in the SME domain.
- advising on tax in a distressed market
- the proposed emissions trading scheme
- changes to Div 6C and its impact on property trusts
- recent developments in international tax
- consolidations
- TOFA.