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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Immunise your kids or lose Government payments

To receive the $726 per child Family Tax Benefit Part A supplement, parents will need to ensure their child is fully immunised at one, two and five years of age unless they have registered as a conscientious objector to immunisation.
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Tax Office lawyers sent to the “Eastern Front”

“Deep law experts” maybe redeployed from the Tax Office Tax Counsel Network and Centres of Expertise to front line areas to lift the level of expertise in complex and international tax matters for field and advice staff.
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Protect Assets: discretionary trusts

You can help protect your family against unexpected claims and creditors if you establish a discretionary trust...
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Tax Office v. Treasury: dividends only out of profits

Dividends can only be paid from profits according to a new draft ruling released by the Tax Office. This contradicts recent changes by Treasury to the Corporations Act.
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Charities: “deer” in bureaucrats’ telescopic sights

The burden of new charity regulations could lead to smaller not-for-profit organisations closing up and turn civic-minded people away from involvement in philanthropic organisations.
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Fuel tax credits denied to sawmilling business

The Tribunal has affirmed the Tax Office decision to deny claims for fuel tax credits by a sawmilling business due to lack of records and dubious evidence from one of the taxpayers.
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Personal Tax
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Question: child support

How does the Government calculate the amount I should contribute in Child Support?

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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett
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Question: travelling expenses

We are a motor vehicle dealership. If we were to fly a prospective buyer to the Sydney Motor Show for the day with one of our sales consultants, is GST applicable on the airfares, meals, taxis, etc? Or is it treated as non-deductible/non-GST expense? (i.e. an entertainment type expense).

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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett
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FBT - salary sacrifice

I have some questions relating to the provision of laptops to employees under a salary sacrifice arrangement. My questions are:1. Since laptops are FBT exempt, is the employer able to claim the GST on the purchase? 2. How would the purchase transaction be recorded? Should it be reflected as part of the salary deduction? 3. Would the cost of the laptop be reported on the employee’s year end payment summary?

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FBT
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett
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Question: superannuation guarantee

Employees of a local hotel are all casual. They work various hours during the week. Some are rostered to work on Saturdays and Sundays. Under their award, there is a penalty for Saturday and Sunday work of 150% which is the same as overtime.Should this penalty be dealt with as overtime (i.e. no super guarantee) or should it be deemed as a penalty and super paid on the amount?

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superannuation
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett
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FBT - minor benefits

The infrequent and minor benefits provided to employees are exempt from FBT. Are they tax deductible?

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FBT
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March 21, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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March 2012 - A day in the tax life of ...

... previously on tax life ... The business had been on foot for over a year now and things were coming together with a long term financial plan. Sam’s 18 year old daughter Rachel had dropped her bombshell about wanting to take her boyfriend down to Melbourne with her when she went to University. Careful family negotiations were abating that problem.
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Trust TFN withholding tax and TFN reports

The Government and Tax Office have kindly provided yet another layer of bureaucracy for small businesses operating through trusts. Trustees are now obliged to withhold tax from distributions to beneficiaries if those beneficiaries have not provided their tax file number (TFN) and other personal details ...
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Our View - providing a tax deduction for childcare, even if it is provided by a nanny, is a great idea

Chief Executive Women, an organisation of 200 female corporate highflyers including Ita Buttrose and Heather Ridout, called for the government Tax Forum … to review the opportunity and cost of tax deductibility of child care for Australia...
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Draft super ruling: borrowed funds to repair property

Super funds will now be able to use borrowed funds to repair a property purchased with a limited recourse borrowing arrangement. The Tax office has reversed its position on this in a draft ruling. Further, the super fund can use other monies (not borrowed) to ...
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Retirement Planning
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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General and shortfall interest charges

The Tax Office interest charge for the October-December 2011 quarter have been released. GIC annual rate is 11.86% or ...
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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Tax Office crackdown on tax debts

The lenient approach to debt collection taken by the Tax Office during the Global Financial Crisis has been discarded and replaced with a new hard-line. This follows a blowout in outstanding tax debts from 5% of revenue to 11% ($15 billion) last year. The new approach includes the early instigation of garnishee notices and windup proceedings ...
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January 27, 2012
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Andrew Lovett

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New R&D laws: cash rebates for small businesses

New laws cleared Parliament in August. These provide a 45% refundable tax offset for businesses with group turnover less than $20 million undertaking research and development activities that meet the new eligibility criteria. A nonrefundable 40% offset is available for larger businesses including ...
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One idea, could help you save tax – let’s get creative.

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