This event explored topical issues relevant to professional service providers including:
- setting the scene: Available professional service structures within relevant legislative frameworks
- contractor vs employee issues (if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a duck?)
- payroll tax issues and the grouping provisions
- recent developments in remuneration strategies, including the ATO's Employee Remuneration Trust Draft Ruling (TR2014/D1), bonuses, early termination payments, and superannuation and salary packaging
- Taxpayer Alert TA2013/3 - Professional practice structures.