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The Commissioner of Taxation has been granted special leave to appeal against the Full Federal Court decision in FC of T v Bendel & Anor [2025] FCAFC 15. AAT error confirmed As I wrote in my earlier blog: Has the AAT in Bendel reset the treatment of UPEs from trusts as Division 7A deemed dividends? […]
The expectation is a husband (H) and a wife (W) in a marriage would both control a family discretionary trust (FDT) established for H and W and their family. This will usually be reflected in both H and W being joint appointors or principals under the trust deed of the FDT. But suppose the marriage […]
I admit to trepidation when I find a trust deed for a family discretionary trust (FDT) has a power allowing the trustee to add anyone as beneficiary of the trust – an add anyone power (AAOP). Why should this be of concern? The three certainties The essentials of a valid trust are certainty of: 1. […]
The principal and controller of a family discretionary trust (FDT) may have died. The trustee of the FDT (Trustee) may be inclined to distribute income of the trust at financial year end (ITFYE) to his or her deceased estate (DE) for two apparent reasons nevertheless: the Trustee may seek to broadly maintain, at least in […]
Gift icons created by Freepik – Flaticon These days trust deeds (Deeds) of family discretionary trusts (FDTs) frequently allow a trustee of a FDT to distribute to a trust as a beneficiary (TAAB) where the TAAB has a beneficiary or beneficiaries in common with the FDT. So could it be that, once a named beneficiary of […]
Will a self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investment in an overseas apartment or investment property open up assisted overseas travel opportunities for the members of the SMSF? Can or should the SMSF reimburse the members who travel to an overseas residential property (ORP) to improve, maintain or to get the ORP ready for letting, for […]
Perils travelling to your SMSFs overseas residential property @Ausbiz @ipaaccountants #smsf @SolePurposeTest
Thinking of investing in residential property with your SMSF as a tenant-in-common? There's more to it than meets the eye. It can be fraught and illegal under SMSF rules #TaxTwitter @Ausbiz @ipaaccountants #superannuation #smsf #tenantsincommon
When can a trustee favour itself as a beneficiary of a family discretionary trust? More nuanced than you might think #TaxTwitter @Ausbiz @ipaaccountants
#trusts #discretionarytrusts
The Land Tax Management Act and Revenue NSW take an odd ball approach to working out when a fixed trust is not a special trust for NSW land tax #TaxTwitter @Ausbiz @ipaaccountants #landtax #trusts
