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Tax Insight: Your franking credits are at risk – newly incorporated companies breaching the 45-day holding period rule

Private groups are presently receiving questions from The Australian Taxation Office (Tax Office) which go along the following lines. “Having…

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Charities and political advocacy: what are the rules?

With the federal election fast approaching, charities should be mindful of how best to advocate for their charitable purposes and…

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A trust cloning renaissance

Clients living through succession planning and/or family breakdown may be surprised to learn that the options for tax relief are…

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Squeezing the lemon from both ends: interest payable to the ATO will not be deductible from 1 July 2025

The Federal Government proposes to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA97) to prevent clients from claiming tax deductions…

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The ATO has private groups firmly in its sights in 2025

The Tax Office’s head of Private Wealth (the division of the ATO with over 1,500 staff that audits Australia’s private…

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Tax Insight: Real and significant risks for tax practitioners who fail to keep their tax affairs up to date

On 11 December 2018, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) announced that it had launched a new compliance campaign targeting tax…

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