Miscellaneous 2009

Tax issues in a bear market: Assets side

Source: National

Published Date: 12 Feb 2009

 

Have we seen it all before? This presentation examines the tax issues emerging for financial institutions and their clients from the credit crunch, falling asset values, distressed debt and mergers - what have we seen before and what is new this time around? Issues covered in this presentation include:

  • compromise of debts
  • debt forgiveness rules and application to purchased debt
  • debt/equity swaps
  • loss duplication
  • unwinding of complex derivatives and securities lending transactions
  • implications in terms of debt/equity characterisation.

Sorry, this is subscriber only content.

If you're not yet a subscriber, to gain access to this material and much more - Subscribe Now.

Already a Subscriber? Login now

Already a Subscriber? Login now

Details

  • Published On:12 Feb 2009
  • Took place at:Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa

The material is copyright. Apart any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research criticism or review, as permitted under the copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from The Tax Institute.

Unless expressly stated, opinions are not that of The Tax Institute, which accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the information contained within it.

The Tax Institute
(ABN 45 008 392 372 (PRV14016))

("TTI")

The Tax Institute is a Recognised Tax Agent Association (RTAA) under the Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009. 

Copyright Statement

All materials provided on this site are protected by copyright and are owned by or licensed to TTI.

Except as expressly permitted by TTI or the copyright owner, any person or company who uses this site must not use, reproduce, redistribute, retransmit, publish or otherwise transfer, or commercially exploit, the materials or any information, software or other content, in whole or in part, which is available through this site.

Tags

Miscellaneous 2009

Share this page