Newsletter
May 2015 Newsletter
Trusts
- Taxpayers should review trust deeds to determine how trust income is defined. This may have an impact on the trustee’s tax planning.
- Trustees should consider whether a family trust election (FTE) is required to ensure that any losses or bad debts incurred by the trust will be deductible and to ensure that franking credits will be available to beneficiaries.
- Taxpayers should avoid retaining income in a trust because it may be taxed in the hands of the trustee at the top marginal tax rate.