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The future around foreign buyers captured many headlines after last year’s change of Government, and we’re often being asked where the law’s at.

We have previously discussed the tax aspects of being a host with Airbnb or other online accommodation platforms. With Airbnb’s increasing popularity, we thought a reminder would be useful if you’re an existing host about obligations to your lender, insurer and local authority.

In a world where technology is becoming more prevalent, it’s easy to feel that privacy rights are a thing of the past.

Many people say being a parent is the best – but hardest – job in the world. We don't get proper training for it, and there’s no definitive handbook.

This is a question often overlooked when buying your home. It is, however, a common situation when two people are buying a property together. Let’s take an example to show how these both work.

Our team here at Aspiring Law is fielding a lot of queries about the latest changes to what’s known as the “bright-line test”, the property tax regime that came in in 2015.

From 1 April 2018, small businesses with a turnover of less than $5 million a year do not need to be exposed to use-of-money interest when calculating their provisional tax. Tax payments do need to be made in full and on time.