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  1. Trusts tipped to be on the out

    of a pattern that will see the commissioner eventually restrict trusts to being “very much a rarity” in the coming years. Last week, the ATO announced it will be cracking down on arrangements that create artificial differences between taxable net income...

  2. Trusts and the tale of three households

    about inequality? The dependent spouse tax offset was designed to mitigate this, but it has been scaled right back over the last decade. The last attempt of trying to equalise the tax burden across households is the family trust. Prudent tax planning...

  3. Trust has become the only currency for banking apps

    use of apps, there’s inevitably pressure to build on that foundation. A review of the apps of five major Australian banks last year found customers wanted to see more capabilities and functionality, particularly around money movement and management to...

  4. Trust accounts will help stop smaller players being strangled

    to pay smaller subcontractors has the potential to significantly reduce construction industry insolvencies. Transcripts from last week’s Senate inquiry findings highlighted the committee recommends a two year trial of Project Bank Accounts, where...

  5. Trump’s tariffs set to hit regional NSW SMEs hard: Business NSW

    regional NSW are likely to struggle with the newly enforced 10 per cent tariff policy announced by US President Donald Trump last week. Daniel Hunter, chief executive of Business NSW, said regional businesses selling direct to the US and those trading...

  6. Triple-pronged approach to Div 7A puts ‘crazy’ demand on accountants

    with people and try and explain three completely different approaches to the same goal.” “It wasn’t raised in the last budget, and there has been nothing issued, I’ve seen nothing from the Treasurer from the Assistant Treasurer on the current...

  7. Triguboff calls for relaxed rules on SMSF borrowing

    to be the same as they are for regular purchasers. Mr Triguboff told delegates at the SMSF Members Association conference last week that SMSFs should be more freely able to use money for housing. “I would like the rules for SMSFs as far as lending is...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super
  8. Tribunal upholds ATO’s position in COVID-19 payment case

    transactions that were recorded on the bank statements as salary/wages or director fees. The Commissioner also said the last time wages were reported was in the 2016 income tax return. A review of business activity statements between 1 July 2016 and 31...

  9. Tribunal rules in favour of taxpayer in tax evasion case

    has successfully proven that amended income tax assessments by the Commissioner of Taxation were excessive in a decision last week, Kirtlan and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2025] ARTA 539. The Administrative Review Tribunal set aside an...

  10. Tribunal overturns tax agent’s 5-year ban, laments ‘regrettable’ TPB investigation

    their tax agent registrations after the TPB had terminated their registrations and imposed a five-year banning period in May last year. The TPB had contended that Mr Birdseye, a tax agent of 39 years, had failed to comply with personal tax obligations,...

  11. Tribunal overturns decision on meal expense deductions

    Review Tribunal of Australia (ARTA) handed down its decision in Shaw and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2025] ARTA 224 last month, examining whether meal expenses that were claimed by a truck driver should be allowed in full. The applicant in the...

  12. Tribunal affirms ATO’s view in tax residency case

    Act 1936. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) previously handed down a decision on the same matter in February last year, ruling in favour of the Commissioner. However, the Federal Court ordered the decision be quashed and remitted the matter back...

  13. Trial tax clinics a hit with community, educators

    months of operation, benefitting both the community and accounting students. Announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison late last year, the pilot phase of the national tax clinic program has now passed its three-month mark, with advice provided to 86...

  14. Treasury’s taxation of trusts consultation ends before it begins

    trustees, businesses, and families who will bear the practical consequences of any change. By definition, it would last months at a minimum. Against that backdrop, the decision to provide only three weeks for submissions (during the winter school...

  15. Treasury undertakes review of insolvent trading safe harbour legislation

    a restructure will now come under review in a bid to make the provisions available to a broader cohort. The Treasury last week opened the consultation process on a review of the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017, which...

  16. Treasury reveals director ID regime details

    a unique director identification number as the Treasury reveals more details on the incoming program. Laws passed in June last year will soon see new and current directors required to apply for a director identification number (director ID) which they...

  17. Treasury reveals Board of Taxation, TPB chair appointments

    Practitioners Board while KPMG Australia partner David Bradbury will chair the Board of Taxation (BoT), Treasury announced last Friday (27 March). In a joint statement, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said the appointments...

  18. Treasury releases draft amendments to code of conduct instrument

    has provided. In addition, tax and BAS agents will need to disclose the following events that occurred within the last 5 years: • Certain breaches of the Act or instruments made under the Act that have led to penalties or other sanctions; • Matters...

  19. Treasury opens consultation for Div 296 just in time for Christmas

    super tax bill period just in time for the holiday season, giving stakeholders until 16 January to respond with feedback. Last Friday (19 December), Treasurer Jim Chalmers released updated draft legislation for his Division 296 super tax, which was...

  20. Treasury finds $27bn in JobKeeper paid to ineligible businesses

    of developments that have fuelled calls for the publication of JobKeeper “profiteers”, after the ATO told a Senate inquiry last month that it had let businesses off the hook for more than $180 million in misfired JobKeeper payments. Tax Commissioner...