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A SaaS product is global from its first deploy. The day a Texan customer puts in a credit card, your startup is making cross-border supplies — and Australia’s GST, which feels like a domestic …

When a larger company buys your startup and pays in its own shares rather than cash, nothing lands in your bank account — but the ATO still sees a disposal. Exchanging your shares is CGT event A1, and …

Somewhere in every offshore lender’s facility agreement is a quiet clause that makes their tax problem yours. Interest paid by an Australian company to a non-resident lender generally attracts …

A company buying its own shares sounds simple until you open the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Section 259A prohibits a company from acquiring its own shares except through a few statutory gateways, …

We’ve written before about when Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) applies to a startup and the exceptions that keep most related party deals out of general meetings. This post covers …

We’ve already written about whether Australia’s new merger regime catches your deal — the turnover thresholds, the serial acquirer limbs, and the eye-watering penalties for completing …