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I am posting something different to this blog to cap off an interesting 2021. This post is actually from a post I made to another blog. I think it’s worth another post on this blog even though it’s not a match for the editorial standards usually applied to this blog. I hope it’s a decent […]
Royalty-free 3d generated graphic Impending change to the individual Australian income tax residence rules A measure in the Federal Budget 2021–22 is to replace the current individual tax residence rules with residency tripwires for an individuals who are tax resident where an individual is any one of: ordinarily resident in Australia (resides test) – based […]
As I mention in my 2015 blog post on the onus of proof: The burden of proof in a tax objection the onus on a taxpayer is an outlier and “reversed” when compared to the onus in other kinds of legal disputes. Even when compared to the civil case onus, where disputes are also resolved […]
Clip Royalty Free Stock Country Passport Stamps Clipart – Australia @seekpng.com Laws reflect perspective. When the imposition of laws, especially taxes, turns on whether the taxpayer is a local (resident) or foreign (non-resident) then laws will be designed with elusion in mind so someone cannot elude being treated as: local if the burden and focus […]
Last month’s piece Lost SMSF trust deed replacement deeds – are they a scam? is my exposé of SMSF (self managed superannuation fund) trust deed variation techniques revealed as dodgy in the light of high Australian legal authority there set out. So my exposé can be better appreciated and understood: this month I turn to […]
The writer has been reading about opportunity to replace lost trust deeds with a replacement deed from professional suppliers of replacement trust deeds, in SMSF Adviser and in other places. The writer is unconvinced that these replacement deeds are going to be legally effective particularly in relation to trust deeds to which the law in […]
