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# The grandfathered list
- URL: https://nakedfella.com/the-grandfathered-list/
- Published: 2015-11-30T23:49:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T23:53:57.000Z
- Author: David Blumenstein
- Tags: Twaddle, Corporate, Politics, #Migrated-1792107978996, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-16 10:46

A secret list protects 1500 Australian companies from having to disclose any tax information to regulators. If you own a company on this list, you get complete tax secrecy. I read [Heath Aston](http://twitter.com/HeathJAston?ref=nakedfella.com) in [the SMH on this last week](http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-faces-another-senate-tax-fight-over-grandfathered-exemption-20151124-gl6vkz.html?ref=nakedfella.com); he says as a result, there's an underground economy in buying and selling these valuable company names.

I got word of one of these deals going down and went down to Melbourne's legal district to secretly record the trade.

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