1 CPD Unit – Substantive Law
The Australian tax system provides a range of concessions, exemptions, and planning opportunities that may be available to executors and estates in the course of administration. When properly understood and applied, these rules can assist executors in preserving estate value, managing tax outcomes more effectively, and ensuring that distributions are made in a way that is both compliant and tax-efficient.
However, the decisions and actions executors and other legal personal representatives make can have significant tax consequences, sometimes in circumstances where the risks are not immediately obvious. Missteps in dealing with estate income, capital gains tax events, or outstanding liabilities can expose the estate, and even the representative personally, to significant consequences. A clear understanding of the tax obligations is therefore essential to effective estate administration.
In this webinar, Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law, Lachlan Einsiedel from Suzanne Lyttleton Lawyers, will examine the taxation framework applying to deceased estates and legal personal representatives. He will outline the key issues advisers, legal practitioners and their clients should consider to assist in better understanding, managing, and reducing the risks inherit in administering an estate.
In this webinar, Lachlan will cover:
- Tax obligations of legal personal representatives;
- Risk areas for estates and legal personal representatives, including:
- Dealing with director penalty notices;
- CGT K3 Events and consequences of foreign beneficiaries in the estate plan;
- Use of income streaming.
This webinar is suitable for executors, lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers and is pitched at an entry level. It is ideal for any professional advising on estate planning.
The webinar runs for 1 hour and is being held on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 12:00 Noon Eastern Standard Time (10:00 AM WST). The cost is only $120. Click here to register.
Continuing Professional Development
Legal CPD:
WA legal practitioners (QA Provider ID 29250)
1 CPD Unit, CPD Obligation Field 4 – Substantive Law. To ensure you receive your CPD Units for this event, please provide us with your Legal Practice Board Practitioner ID during registration. Note: CPD Units are only available for participation in the live webinar. At this time, webinar recordings (for those that are registered for the live webinar but are unable to attend) are not eligible for WA Legal CPD Units.
Legal practitioners outside of WA
If you consider that this webinar satisfies your individual requirement, or is relevant to your immediate or long-term professional development needs, you may claim 0.5 CPD Units for every 30 minutes of attendance and participation.
Accounting CPD:
1 CPD Point
Presenter
Lachlan Einsiedel
Special Counsel | Accredited Specialist - Wills & Estates Law Chartered Tax Advisor, Suzanne Lyttleton Lawyers
Lachlan has practised exclusively in wills and estates law, and VCAT guardianship and administration since his admission as a solicitor. Consecutively in 2023, 2024 and 2025, he was recognised by Doyles Guide as a Rising Star for Wills and Estates and is an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law.
Lachlan’s expertise encompasses estate planning, VCAT administration and financial investigations, VCAT disputes in the guardianship and administration list, and estate litigation.
In addition to his Bachelor of Laws, Lachlan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and is a Chartered Tax Adviser with the Tax Institute of Australia. He uses his tax and accounting expertise to assist clients achieve positive commercial outcomes – whether that is by providing pragmatic tax advice in the context of estate planning, estate administration and litigation; or being able to analyse complex financial arrangements and undertake financial investigations.
Lachlan works collaboratively with his clients to ensure they are fully informed about where they stand, with a focus on resolving disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Lachlan has a specialist interest in tax, estate litigation, trust disputes and self-managed superannuation fund disputes. He is currently completing a Master of Tax at the University of Melbourne.
For more information regarding this webinar, please contact us at [email protected] or 08 9476 4900.
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