Legal survey 2020: People, remuneration and retention
Pitcher Partners’ 2020 Legal Survey sought views on a range of factors related to legal firms including equity and retention, remuneration, gender and more, revealing rising risks for firms.
Legal survey 2020: Financial management
Legal firms are experiencing increasing pressure on fees and profit according to a recent survey.
Legal survey 2020: Structure and governance
Compliance obligations of legal firms continues to increase with the structure and governance of practices becoming more important. Not surprisingly, a corporate model continues to be the favoured structure of legal firms according to a recent survey.
Legal survey 2020: Technology
A survey of legal firms saw an increase in the number of firms using technology to improve the client experience from 45% to 55%.
Legal survey 2020: The cultural gap
Culture was a standout theme in a recent survey of legal firms, having a significant impact on many other areas of a firm including the strategy and succession, governance and decision making, and technology gaps.
Pitcher Partners 2020 legal survey
Pitcher Partners recently conducted its sixth annual survey of legal firms and partners in Australia and New Zealand.
The collapse of Holden calls for a scrapping of the luxury car tax
Monday’s announcement of Holden shuttering its Australia-New Zealand lines is a sure sign that the luxury car tax (LCT) has got to go.
Decoding your land tax assessment notice 2020
Land tax assessment notices for 2020 will soon be issued by State Revenue Office Victoria. Confirm the amount payable is appropriate to your circumstances by accessing your downloadable how-to guide to decoding your assessment notice. Download the guide
State taxes relief measures announced following bushfires
The Victorian, South Australian and New South Wales governments have announced a range of tax relief measures for individuals and businesses directly affected by bushfires. These measures include: stamp duty relief for the purchase of replacement homes and motor vehicles, land tax relief for land in affected areas, and payroll tax relief for employers located […]
Vacant Residential Land Tax: Developers beware
Developers with residential projects in inner and middle Melbourne that are undergoing lengthy construction periods should consider the application of the VRLT to their projects, especially where the land was residential in nature before construction commenced.