For health professionals

Contract advice

About to sign up with a clinic/practice? Needing an agreement for individual practitioners?

Individual practitioners

We can assist you with reviewing the contract and advising you of the legal rights and obligations that are relevant for you.

We have experience in reviewing contracts offered to a range of practitioners from general practitioners to specialists.

Further, we utilise our tax understanding to ensure you understand the proper accounting treatment of ‘payments’, as well as relevant tax provisions that may be applicable to you.

Practice owners

We can assist in advising you of the employment tax implications of entering into various agreements.

We can then assist you with drafting relevant practice templates for engaging practitioners.

Personal services income advice

Let’s be honest, tax is boring. Unfortunately, it is also complex, and a maze to work through.

An area of tax law that is most relevant to health practitioners are the personal services income provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).

Whether it is the ability for practitioners to claim certain tax deductions to enabling practitioners to operate through trust or company structures, the personal services income rules are often misunderstood.

We can assist in providing you with advice relating to the application of the personal services income rules to your circumstances. In doing so, we focus in ensuring you understand the fundamentals on how the rules operate as well as explaining the misconceptions.

Investment structuring

Looking to make an investment?

We can assist you in ensuring the investment is made in such a manner that aligns with your tax, asset protection and estate planning objectives.

In doing so, our focus is ensuring you understand the various tax and legal laws that bring us to make any recommendations to you.

Our assistance can also extend to establishing trust and company structures.

Asset protection

Does protecting your wealth matter to you?

We can assist you with undertaking an audit of your existing arrangements and recommending any strategies to reduce potential exposure.

Further, we focus on ensuring you understand the various bankruptcy rules and equity laws that can prevent certain transactions from effectively protecting your assets.

We utilise our specialty in tax to ensure our recommendations are tax effective and do not result in adverse tax consequences.

Estate planning

Estate planning can be often overlooked in the course of your busy lives.

We can assist you in 'sending friendly reminders’ and taking a driving seat to get things done.

For more comprehensive information in relation to estate planning, please consider visiting the following pages:

• Wills and enduring power of attorney documents
• Testamentary trusts
• Trust and company succession
• Business succession

Property purchases and sales

Looking to buy or sell property? Need a lease reviewed or drawn up?

Feel free to contact us, and we can provide you with contact details of specialist property lawyers who could be the best fit for you.

We confirm that there are no referral arrangements or ‘kick-backs’ in place, and any property lawyers recommended are on the basis that we will be able to work with them in the event any tax, asset protection or estate planning issues require consideration for you.

Business purchases and sales

Looking to buy or sell a business?

Feel free to contact us, and if we cannot assist, we can provide you with contact details of specialist commercial lawyers who could be the best fit for you.

We confirm that there are no referral arrangements or ‘kick-backs’ in place, and any commercial lawyers recommended are on the basis that we will be able to work with them in the event any tax, asset protection or estate planning issues require consideration for you.