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WA – Electronic lodgement for all eligible documents

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From 1 December 2017 – Any lodgement case consisting of eligible discharges, transfers, mortgages, caveats and withdrawal of caveats must be lodged electronically. Are you E-Conveyancing ready? See our paper E-Conveyancing – Get Connected for information and implementation timelines

Assets and liabilities list

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A new ‘tear off’ assets and liabilities list has been added to the retainer instructions Wills, powers of attorney precedent. This list may assist clients when they wish to provide more detail in their planning, as well retained by the client with their personal documents.

From 1 July 2017 – Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Payments

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For contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2017 the new foreign resident capital gains withholding (FRCGW) rate and threshold will apply to:

  • real property disposals where the contract price is $750,000 and above (currently $2 million); and
  • the FRCGW withholding tax rate will be 12.5% (currently 10%).

All precedents and commentaries were updated to reflect these changes.

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