Sort out your land tax
Sort out your land tax We will check how your properties are grouped, and whether the assessment is more than you owe. Land tax is assessed on what you hold, not on what you earn from it. That single feature is what makes it painful. A property that is vacant, negatively geared or between tenants […]
Structure an expansion offshore
Structure an expansion offshore We will design the offshore structure before you commit, because unwinding one afterwards is far more expensive. When you take a business offshore, Australia’s tax rules do not stay behind. A set of provisions exists specifically to tax income earned through foreign entities you control. The controlled foreign company rules, transfer […]
Check the tax before you sign a deal
Check the tax before you sign a deal We will tell you what a deal costs in tax while you can still change it. Most of the tax on a transaction is decided before anyone signs anything. It is decided by what is being sold, who is selling it, and in what order the steps […]
Work out the GST on a transaction
Work out the GST on a transaction We will tell you whether GST applies, who bears it, and whether you can claim it back. GST is unusual among taxes in that most business buyers get it back. That makes the real risk a contractual one rather than a revenue one. Say a contract expresses the […]
Move income and expenses around a group of entities
Move income and expenses around a group of entities We will document the money moving inside your group so each transfer is what you intend it to be. Inside a family or business group, money moves because it is needed. One entity has cash and another has a bill. The group thinks of itself as […]
What happens to your Australian tax when you move overseas?
Moving overseas is exciting, but it can also raise important legal and financial questions. We are seeing an increasing number of people leaving Australia to set up business overseas and take advantage of the potential tax benefits that a low-tax jurisdiction brings. Many people assume that when they leave Australia for an extended period, they […]
No contract, no deduction: Why you need to keep inter-entity service agreements up to date
We have said it before and it bears saying again – documentation is important. It is common practice for corporate groups including family businesses, professional firms, and medical practices to provide different services to each other to allow the overall group to carry on its operations. For example, a dedicated manufacturing entity might sell its goods to the group’s retail entity, or a […]
Trust Distributions Summary – (Trust Distributions Guide Booklet Chapter 6)
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Risk Management and Common Traps – (Trust Distributions Guide Chapter 5)
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Timing, Authority and Validity of Distributions – (Trust Distributions Guide Booklet Chapter 4)
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