The ATO releases final guidance on Section 100A for family trusts The ATO released its final guidance material on the application of section 100A on 8 December 2022 – TR 2022/4 and PCG 2022/2. In doing so, it has clarified a number of issues which is welcome. To recap, the ATO in February 2022 updated […]
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New developments on the ATO’s crackdown on trust distributions For the many business owners who operate their affairs through discretionary trusts, there have been further developments on the ATO’s planned crackdown on certain distributions. Backstory In February, to recap, the ATO updated its guidance around trust distributions made to adult children, corporate beneficiaries, and entities
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Purpose of trust distributions Distributions from trusts and the taxation of those distributions is complex. This is an attempt to simplify the topic. The purpose of a trust is to separate the legal and beneficial ownership of assets. The legal ownership of the asset rests with the trustee. The beneficiaries benefit from the income that
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Purpose of a trust Distributions from trusts and the taxation of those distributions are complex. That’s why we want to simplify this subject for you. The purpose of a trust is to separate the legal and beneficial ownership of assets. The legal ownership of the asset rests with the trustee. The beneficiaries benefit from the
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