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Tax Bites Wrap-up 2018
Here's a wrap-up of the Tax Bites articles from 2018: Timing mismatches between expenditure and income items between related parties... read more
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FBT and the 2018/19 Festive Season
With the 2018/19 festive season now upon us, it is worthwhile having a refresher of the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT)... read more
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Be aware of phone scammers impersonating the ATO and tax agents
The ATO has issued an alert in regards to phone scammers contacting members of the public pretending to be from... read more
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Tax Bites: Putting UPEs on sub-trust terms
As we are now all aware, via tax ruling TR 2010/3, the ATO has outlined its position that a UPE... read more
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Tax Bites: Vacant residential land tax
Provisions were recently inserted into the Land Tax Act 2005 of Victoria which now incorporate a new vacant residential land... read more
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Tax Bites: The application of the new base rate entity legislation to corporate beneficiaries
With Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan Base Rate Entities) Bill 2018 now having passed both the House of Representatives... read more
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Tax Bites: Pre-CGT or post-CGT – that is the question
There are several provisions in the ITAA97 that can “freshen-up” the status of pre-CGT assets. These provisions need to be... read more
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Tax Bites: Managing withdrawals above the pension minimum threshold
From 1 July 2017, where pension members are withdrawing amounts above their minimum annual pension payment required, they will be... read more
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Tax Bites: Land tax main residence exemption
Generally, the main residence exemption for land tax purposes only applies where a taxpayer has physically resided at the property... read more
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Tax Bites: The 1 July 2017 GST amendments apply to more than just digital downloads!
From 1 July 2017, the so-called Netflix tax was introduced to require overseas businesses to remit GST to the ATO... read more