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The ATO have released four tax rulings that will significantly impact on the ability to make trust distributions to family members and related entities. This is one of the most significant developments for the taxation of trusts in over two decades. As a result of these ATO rulings: Your options...

With less than a month until the end of the 2020/21 financial year, it is vital to business success that employers are proactively managing these changes and the impact they will have on their business. Effective 1 July 2021, employers will be required to increase the minimum superannuation contribution to...

“A debt that is uneconomical to pursue can always be pursued at a later date depending on the circumstances” Assistant Commissioner Michael Zeitlhofer is quoted as saying. And, it is this sentiment that has come back to bite for many Australians with Australian Taxation Office (ATO) debts that they believed...

The Government has provided long-awaited guidance (as a consultation paper for feedback) on the detail for proposed changes to Division 7A loans from companies. The changes are not proposed to take effect until 1 July 2019 and others deferred to 1 July 2021. However, given the potential impact on tax...