Month: March 2021

In the case Cross and Tax Practitioners Board [2021] AATA 441, the Commissioner wrote to the Tax Practitioner Board, saying that a tax agent had lodged 125 SMSF annual reports, each saying the fund had been audited by a specific auditor on a certain date, when no such audit had occurred. The best part is […]

In addition to the Commissioner’s new draft guideline on Allocation of professional firm profits that I have “blogged” on before, he has also released a Draft Taxation Ruling covering the operation of the personal services income. It is in Draft Taxation Ruling TR 2021/D2 Income tax: personal services income and personal services businesses He had previous […]

Last week I wrote about claiming a capital loss for forgiving a debt. The follow up question is always about an unpaid present entitlement.  As the beneficiary has included the UPE in their assessable income it seems like the conditions for a bad debt deduction under section 25-35 have been met. But the Commissioner has […]

The Commissioner has just thrown a spanner at the brilliant marketing people who think every business should repay their JobKeeper payment as their businesses continued to thrive… Even if you give it back, the Commissioner will tax you on it and may not give you a deduction. Let that sink in. You get $100k in […]

I know this is the second question I get asked – the first is can I get a revenue deduction which is “NO… COME ON MAN!” unless you are a money lender (section 8-1) or the debt has been treated as income and this is a bad debt (section 25-35) – but this is the […]

Since 1 July 2017, there have been specific rules for deductions for decline in value of certain second-hand depreciating assets in a residential rental property under Division 40 (section 40-27).  These rules sates that if a taxpayer uses these second hand assets to produce rental income from residential rental property (not a commercial property), they […]

Finally the Commissioner answered the question of how much of the profits of a professional firm that we can allocate to entities other than the owner of the firm. Background In 2015 the Commissioner released a document called “Assessing the risk: allocation of profits within professional firms guidelines”. This allowed us to send 50% of the […]

To work out the Company Tax Rate we need to know the aggregated turnover for the entire year and the base rate passive income for the entire year – See a rambling of mine a month a go called “Sunday Ramblings – Company Tax Rates are Messy”… However, Companies can pay franked dividends to their […]