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Jonathan Ortner

‘Feels like the commissioner is sitting at the kitchen table’

What was once a relatively simple formula has become a maze of complex decisions with potentially severe tax consequences.

The Australian Tax Office is poring over succession strategies, including estate planning for the ultra-wealthy, but its deputy commissioner for private wealth, Louise Clarke, has made it clear that the spotlight is on all taxpayers.

ATO commissioner Rob Heferen. Alex Ellinghausen

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Jonathan Ortner is a partner in Arnold Bloch Leibler’s tax practice.

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