Same sex marriage for tax avoidance

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

Two heterosexual Irish men marry to avoid inheritance tax on property…

Perhaps in Australia we could see two heterosexual same sex “mates” getting married just before the death of one of them to avoid tax payable on a super death benefit by becoming a dependent as they are a spouse of the deceased, even if there is not a dependent relationship between them.

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About Ken Mansell

As a stay at home Dad most of the week this is my way of pretending I am still the tax counsel of ASX and SEC listed companies, working at big 4 firms, working at the Federal Treasury, on the Henry Review and at Parliament House for the previous government.
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