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Retrospective Legislation - Unravelling Red Tape
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Retrospective Legislation

SITUATION

Changes to government’s interpretation of a tax were originally introduced with a complex series of start dates depending on individual facts.

Solution

I negotiated to apply one single prospective application date.

Negotiated for changes to the Goods and Services (GST) Act that were originally retrospective for eleven years to exclude all ‘commercially committed’ transactions.

Introduced concept of ‘commercially committed’ to GST Law.