Friday, January 20, 2017
Contrived trust arrangements in ATO sights The ATO has cautioned taxpayers against arrangements that seek to minimise tax by creating artificial differences between the taxable net income and distributable income of closely held trusts. Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston said the ATO is investigating arrangements where trustees are engineering a reduction in trust income to allow […]
Read More >Monday, September 19, 2016
Personal middle income tax rate cut on the way The Federal Government has introduced a Bill which proposes to implement its 2016 Budget proposal to increase the third personal income tax threshold that applies to personal income taxpayers. The rate of tax payable on individuals’ taxable incomes from $80,001 to $87,000 would fall from 37% […]
Read More >Tuesday, July 19, 2016
ATO small business benchmarks updated The ATO has announced the latest benchmarks for small businesses. Based on the data from 2014 income tax returns and business activity statements, the benchmarks cover over 1.3 million small businesses. ATO Assistant Commissioner Matthew Bambrick said one of the great things about the benchmarks was that they gave a […]
Read More >Thursday, May 5, 2016
A Tax Office deal to protect the rich article by : Damon Kitney – The Australian, April 30 2016 _______________________________________________________________________ A number of wealthy Australians named in the Panama Papers, which revealed how the world’s richest and most powerful people use offshore companies to hide their wealth, will not have their historical tax affairs investigated […]
Read More >Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Tax planning There are many ways in which entities can defer income, maximise deductions and take advantage of other tax planning initiatives to manage their taxable income. Taxpayers should be aware that they need to start the year-end tax planning process early in order to maximise these opportunities. Of course, those undertaking tax planning should […]
Read More >Tuesday, May 3, 2016
PERSONAL TAXATION Personal tax rates: small tax cut from 1 July 2016 From 1 July 2016, the 32.5% personal income tax threshold will increase from $80,000 to $87,000 in an attempt to address tax bracket creep. The Government expects this will stop around 500,000 taxpayers facing the 37% marginal tax rate and prevent average full-time wage earners […]
Read More >Monday, February 29, 2016
Tax relief for small businesses that restructure on the way Small businesses are important to the Australian economy, as they facilitate growth and innovation. However, as a small business develops over time, its initial legal structure may no longer be suitable for the business. Where a business has to restructure to accommodate growth, the transfer […]
Read More >Sunday, November 22, 2015
Tax negotiation limited to known debt amounts Two company taxpayers have been unsuccessful before the Federal Court in seeking to set aside statutory demands issued by the ATO. The matter essentially involved two individuals who carried on property development activities through several entities (including the taxpayers) and their recollections of an alleged “global deal” with […]
Read More >Sunday, October 4, 2015
Excessive deduction claims on holiday homes on ATO hit list The ATO is increasing its focus on holiday home investors and, in particular, whether they are correctly claiming deductible expenses. A key concern is when people make claims for expenses when the property was not available for rent. The ATO has recently advised that it […]
Read More >Wednesday, August 26, 2015
As from 1 July, 2015 a non-resident corporation will be subject to Australian tax on its Australian-sourced net income at the flat rate of 28.5% WHERE ITS AUSTRALIAN AGGREGATED TURNOVER IS LESS THAN A$2 MILLION. In all other instances, where the aggregated turnover of a non-resident corporation exceeds A$2 million, its Australian-sourced net income will […]
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