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Break­ing up is hard to do — Com­mu­ni­cat­ing ter­mi­na­tion of employment

HARD CON­VER­SA­TIONS Two of the hard­est con­ver­sa­tions to have with any­one are end­ing a rela­tion­ship and ter­mi­nat­ing employment. On the for­mer, the eti­quette guide Debret­t’s gives this guid­ance on the appro­pri­ate method of communication: “Always meet up with your (soon-to-be-ex) part­ner; email and text are a sav­age and bru­tal mode of rela­tion­ship tor­ture”…

The GST with­hold­ing régime starts July 2018 — A look at the trans­ac­tions to which it will apply

The new GST ​‘with­hold­ing’ régime for sales of new res­i­den­tial prop­er­ties and vacant res­i­den­tial lots will apply from 1 July 2018 onwards. WHY The changes are an anti-avoid­ance mea­sure to pre­vent devel­op­er com­pa­nies from sell­ing prop­er­ties for a pur­chase price that includes GST and then dis­solv­ing their busi­ness before they are liable to…