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Why I Hate Your Sub-Trust

Why I Hate Your Sub-Trust

There is a certain type of sub-trust over income that many trust deeds purport to create, and which the Federal Commissioner purports to allow. This is where a trust is established over the income distributed from another trust. This is problematic for the reasons...
Dangers Of Law Clerks With Checklists

Dangers Of Law Clerks With Checklists

Dangers Of Law Clerks With Checklists The discussion surrounding the dangers of automation typically centre on novel and futuristic application of Artificial Intelligence. Even if we are not worried about Skynet terminating humans, we worry about application of data,...
SA State Budget – Attack on Land Holding Trusts Continues

SA State Budget – Attack on Land Holding Trusts Continues

In the 2019-20 SA State Budget, there has been a further attack on landholding trusts. With the highest rate of land tax in the country, property owners have been repeatedly stung with changes that tax them in a manner that they would not have expected when they...
Draft Taxation Ruling TD 2018/D3: Commissioner’s View

Draft Taxation Ruling TD 2018/D3: Commissioner’s View

This is the last part of my three-part series commenting on Draft Taxation Ruling TD 2018/D3. In this article, I will focus on the CGT and TD 2018/D3. The previous parts of the series explained the differences between No New Trust View and New Trust View. WHY A NEW...