Trust
ATO fires warning shot on trust distributions
The ATO has issued a warning about trust distributions, urging trustees to review and comply with their trust deeds. Learn the key areas of concern and how to avoid penalties by ensuring your trust distributions are valid and properly managed.
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Trust Planning This Year Needs To Be Done Carefully
In order to prepare your trust for the end of the financial year, there are multiple obligations that you need to fulfil as a trustee. Planning for your trust’s future is just as important as tax planning or business planning, so it’s encouraged that you take an active role.
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Kids Over 18 in a Family Trust | Distributions
Pat Mannix talks about the distribution and tax changes that occur within a Family Trust once a child is over 18 years old. Check out this informative short video.
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The ATO’s Attack on Trusts and Trust Distributions
Late last month, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released a package of new guidance material that directly targets how trusts distribute income. Many family groups will pay higher taxes (now and potentially retrospectively) as a result of the ATO’s more aggressive approach.
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In whose name?
When you decide to purchase an investment property there are a couple of important things you need to do before heading off to the agent and signing the contract! It is important to have look at all your structure options with your accountant, including discussing whose name you want on the contract.
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5 Investment Property Ownership Structures – Trusts
There are 5 major ownership structures in which you can hold investment properties, and each one has its pro’s and con’s. My fourth article delves into a slightly more complex ownership structure of a Trust – an excellent structure for tax and capital protection.
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Structuring for Partners with Disproportionate Ownership
Disproportionate ownership of business’s is not uncommon, and the correct structuring for your business is critical in ensuring maximum tax benefits, flexibility for distributions, income tax and capital gains, not to mention long term asset protection for all the Partners involved.
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Trusts – You Must have a Corporate Trustee
he last 3 decades have seen a substantial growth in the number of people in Australia establishing trusts. The benefits of such an arrangement have been largely touted by professionals around 2 areas - asset protection and tax benefits.
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