2010 was a hectic year for Part IVA with eight Federal Court decisions. Most of those cases involved group reorganisations, either for purely internal purposes (e.g. British American Tobacco, News Australia Holdings, James Hardie) or in preparation for the sale of a subsidiary (e.g. AXA, Futuris). In addition the Treasury's discussion paper "Improving the operation of the anti-avoidance provisions in the income tax law' flags a number of changes and reform, including rewriting Part IVA into the 1997 Act.
This event covered the new case law and developments as well discussing possible future directions and opportunities for reform of Part IVA. This event also provided practical advice for practitioners in how to approach dealing with Part IVA, particularly when structuring transactions for clients.