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	<title>Tax In Australia</title>
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	<description>The Latest Tips &#38; Strategies To Help You Understand Tax in Australia</description>
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		<title>Business Tax Break - How Does It Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#039;re a small business with an annual turnover of less than $2 million you may qualify for the extra 50% business tax break on eligible assets. But how do you know what is eligible? (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: medium">If you&#039;re a small business with an annual turnover of less than $2 million you may qualify for the extra 50% business tax break on eligible assets. But how do you know what is eligible?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Meet Maria, a small business owner who wants to buy a new computer for her shop. She wants to know - Is the computer eligible for the extra 50% tax break? What about software? By when does she have to buy it and by when does she need to start using it to get the extra deduction? How much will her deduction be?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">After phoning&nbsp;Taxwise, she knows the computer is eligible as long as it is new, costs more than $1,000, is purchased by 31 December 2009 and is installed or first used by 31 December 2010. Assets must be tangible and as software is not a tangible asset it is not eligible for the tax break.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Maria buys the computer for $2,400 (excluding GST and the cost of the software used on the computer). She will be able to claim an additional $1,200 tax deduction (50% of $2,400) in her business income tax return for the year in which she installed or first used the computer. This is in addition to the decline in value deductions she would normally claim for such business assets.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">After applying the 30% company tax rate (the rate which applies to Maria&#039;s business), this tax deduction would reduce the amount of tax Maria&#039;s business would have to pay by $360.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If you&#039;re like Maria and thinking about taking advantage of the business tax break, you need to check the facts before you buy. <b>Phone Taxwise on 9248 8124.</b></span></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>About the Author</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium"> </span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-size: medium">Warren Kruger</span></b><span style="font-size: medium"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></font></span></p>
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		<title>Salary Sacrifice For Super : Federal Budget Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Kruger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The May Federal Government Budget announcement included important changes to the way salary sacrifice to super will be treated.
The first change affects super contributions maximums, or caps. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The May Federal Government Budget announcement included important changes to the way salary sacrifice to super will be treated.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The first change affects super contributions maximums, or caps. In the 2009 - 2010 financial year, the concessional contributions cap (for employer contributions, including salary sacrifice) will reduce to $25, 000 per person. For those aged 50 and over, the cap will reduce to $50,000. The non-concessional contributions cap (for after tax contributions) will be calculated at six times the concessional cap, so it remains at $150,000 in 2009 - 2010.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Note that the reduced limits apply to contributions received during 2009 - 2010, even if some of those contributions relate to employment before 1 July 2009.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The second change will see some forms of salary sacrifice super contributions included as &#039;non-wage remuneration&#039; in various income tests for individuals. These include contributions that have been made by an employer or associate of the employer, for which the individual has or might reasonably be expected to influence the size of the contribution or the way the amount is contributed.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">These contributions are called Reportable Employer Superannuation Contributions, or R E S C s, and from 1 July 2009, you&#039;ll be required to report RESCs in PAYG annual withholding reports and employees&#039; PAYG summaries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Speak to <span style="font-size: medium"><b><i>Taxwise</i></b></span> (<span style="font-size: medium"><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="background-color: #ffff00">08-9248-8124</span></span></b></span>) or our resident financial adviser, <span style="font-size: medium"><b><i>Mark Christie </i></b></span>(<span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="background-color: #ffff00"><b><span style="font-size: medium">08-9344-6495</span></b></span></span>) to make sure you&#039;re prepared for these changes, and that any affected employees are aware of the potential taxation implications of their salary sacrifice to super.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: medium"><span><strong>About the Author</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium"><span> </span></span></font></span></span></p>
<p><font size="3"><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></font></p>
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		<title>Pay As You Go Withholding - What You Need To Know.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What employers need to know about pay-as-you-go (PAYG)&#160;withholding.
Getting the help you need
As an employer, you have certain tax and super obligations you need to be aware of. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium"><b><span><span style="font-family: Verdana">What employers need to know about pay-as-you-go (PAYG)&nbsp;withholding.</span></span></b></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Getting the help you need</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">As an employer, you have certain tax and super obligations you need to be aware of.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">These obligations include:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">pay as you go (PAYG) withholding</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Super</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">fringe benefits tax (FBT)</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Running a business or a non-profit organisation gets more complex when you have employees or independent contractors. When you make payment to employees or contractors, you may be required to withhold an amount and send it to the ATO at regular intervals. The ATO calls this process PAYG withholding.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">To comply with your PAYG withholding obligations you need to:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">register for PAYG withholding</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">work out the status of your workers</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">become familiar with the types of payments you need to withhold from</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">work out the amount to withhold</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">report and pay withheld amount to the ATO</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">provide payment&nbsp;summaries and lodge an annual report at the end of each income year.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Under the PAYG withholding system:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">the business, non-profit organisation or individual making the payments is called the <i><b>payer</b></i>, and </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">the individual being paid is called the <i><b>payee</b></i>.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">What</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana">you need to know about PAYG withholding.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Register for PAYG withholding -<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
You will need to register for PAYG withholding as soon as you know you need to withhold. You can register:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">online at </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span><a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/onlineservices"><span style="font-size: small">www.ato.gov.au/onlineservices</span></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">by phoning 13 28 66 between 8:00am and 6:00pm Monday to Friday</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">by completing an <i>Add a new business account</i> (NAT 2954) form</span> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Work out the status of your workers -<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
You have different obligations depending on whether your payee is an:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">employee, or</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">independant contractor.</span> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The status of your worker depends on your working relationship and is usually worked out by the contracual arrangements made between the two of you.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">NOTE: </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">To help you work out the status of your workers, the ATO have developed a decision making tool. To use the decision tool, visit </span></i></span><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/employers"><span style="font-size: small"><i>www.ato.gov.au/employers</i></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> and selecct &#039;Contractor or employer?&#039; - &#039;Employee/contractor decision tool&#039;.</span></i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">Work out the amount to withhold.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The ATO&nbsp;produces tax tables to help you work out how much to withhold from your payments to your payees.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">These PAYG withholding tax tables are available for weekely, fortnightly, monthly and quarterly pay periods. You can also get tax tables for particular types of payments, such as payments made under voluntary agreement.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">NOTE:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> The ATO has an electronic calculator to help you work out the withholding amount and the employment termination payment withholding amount. To use the calculator, visit </span></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span><a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/employers"><span style="font-size: small"><i>www.ato.gov.au/employers</i></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small"><i> and select:</i></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">tax withheld calculator </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">- this calculator will help you work out the correct amount to be withheld, and</span></i> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">employment termination payment calculator</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> - this calculator will help you work out the tax-free and taxable amounts of an employment termination payment made on or after 1 July 2007.</span></i> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">To work out how much to withhold, use information your payee gives you on their <i>Tax file number declaration </i>(NAT 3092) and, if applicable, <i>Withholdong declaration </i>(NAT 3093). For example, they may be claiming the tax-free threshold that is shown on their <i>Tax file number declaration</i>, or they may be entitled to a dependent spouse tax offset that is shown on their <i>Withholding declaration</i>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">If your payee is under a voluntary agreement, use the information provided in the agreement to work out the amount to withhold.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">Report and pay the withheld amounts.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">How often you report and pay amounts depends on whether you are a small, medium or large withholder.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">The ATO will tell you what type of withholder you are after you register.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">Prepare payment summaries and lodge annual report.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Within 14 days after the end of each financial year (30 June), you need to give each of your payees a payment summary that shows how much you:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">paid, and</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">withheld.</span> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">You need to also provide the ATO&nbsp;with a PAYG withholding payment summary annual report&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">you can print the individual payment summaries on plain paper.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">If you don&#039;t report electronically, the ATO will give you blank payment summary forms and a personalised PAYG payment summary statement to use.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">NOTE:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> The ATO will send this stationery to you around May each year.</span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">Payment summaries.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">There are different payment summary forms depeding on the type of payment. Examples include payment summaries for:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">individual non-business payments</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">labour hire and other specified payments</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">voluntary agreement payments</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">employment termination payments</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">personal services attributed income payments</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">payments where ABN not quoted.</span> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">It&#039;s important you use the appropriate payment summary.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">NOTE:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> To order payment summaries:</span></i></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">visit the ATO website at </span></i></span><span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><a href="http://www.ato.gov.au"><span style="font-size: small"><i>www.ato.gov.au</i></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana"> and select &#039;Find a form od publication&#039; - &#039;Online ordering&#039;, or</span></i> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">call the ATO&#039;s automised self help ordering service on 13 72 26 and press 4. You&#039;ll need your Australian business number (ABN) and the names of the publications you wish to order.</span></i> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana">The ATO provides instructions for completing these payment summaries. To obtain copies, visit the ATO website</span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">PAYG withholding payment summary annual report.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">If you have payroll software that meets the ATO&#039;s specifications, you can submit your PAYG withholding payment summary annual report using electronic commerce interface (ECI).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">If not, use the stationery the ATO send you so you can provide them with the following:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">a completed personalised PAYG payment summary&nbsp;statement (NAT 7885)</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">the originals of all the payment summaries you issued for the financial year.</span> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">If you misplace your personalised payemnt summary statement or it contains an error, you can use a generic PAYG payment summary statement.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-size: medium"><span><strong>About the Author</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium"><span> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><font size="3"><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></font></p>
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		<title>Everything You Ever Need To Know About Capital Gains Tax - Episode 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compulsory acquisition of an asset.
This&#160;section&#160;explains your CGT obligations if your CGT asset is lost, destroyed or compulsorily acquired. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Compulsory acquisition of an asset.<br />
</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">This&nbsp;section&nbsp;explains your CGT obligations if your CGT asset is lost, destroyed or compulsorily acquired.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Generally, there are no CGT obligations for assets acquired before 20 September 1985 (pre-CGT).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">There may be a situation where you receive money or another CGT asset (or both) as compensation when you dispose of an asset involuntarily (or under an insurance policy against the risk of such an event happening). In this case, you may be able to choose to:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">defer your liability to pay tax on any capital gain arising on the disposal, or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">get a CGT exemption for any replacement asset if you acquired the original asset before 20 September 1985.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
This concession is known as a rollover. It may be available if one of the following events happens:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">all or part of your CGT asset is lost or destroyed </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">your CGT asset is compulsorily acquired by an Australian government agency </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">your CGT asset is compulsorily acquired by an entity (other than by an Australian government agency or a foreign government agency) under a power of compulsory acquisition conferred by an Australian or foreign law. However, the compulsory acquisition of minority interests &ndash; such as shares in a company &ndash; under the Corporations Act or similar foreign law are excluded </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you dispose of your CGT asset to an entity (other than a foreign government agency) after a notice is served on you inviting you to negotiate a sale agreement. You must have been informed that, if the negotiations are unsuccessful, the asset will be compulsorily acquired under a power of compulsory acquisition conferred by an Australian or foreign law. However, the compulsory acquisition of minority interests &ndash; such as shares in a company &ndash; under the Corporations Act or similar foreign law are excluded </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you dispose of land to an entity (other than a foreign government agency) where a mining lease was compulsorily granted over the land, the lease significantly affected your use of the land, the lease was in force immediately before the disposal and the entity to which you disposed of the land was the lessee </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you dispose of land to an entity (other than a foreign government agency) where a mining lease would have been compulsorily granted over the land, the lease would have significantly affected your use of the land and the entity to which you disposed of the land would have been the lessee </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a lease that had been granted to you by an Australian Government agency under a Commonwealth, state or territory law expires and is not renewed. </span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">This rollover is not available for plant disposed of after 11.45am (by legal time in the ACT) on 21 September 1999 and other depreciating assets from 1 July 2001. Instead, if a depreciating asset is lost or destroyed or, acquired compulsorily or by forced negotiation (other than by a foreign government agency), the capital allowances provisions may allow for a balancing adjustment offset. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span>This means that rather than including an amount in your assessable income </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">by way of a balancing adjustment, you can offset that amount against the cost of a replacement asset (or assets).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If you choose to take rollover, you do not need to lodge a written election stating your choice &ndash; it will be clear from the way you prepare your tax return.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You cannot choose to defer a capital loss but you can use it to reduce any capital gain made in the current income year or a later income year.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">For rollover relief to apply, the replacement asset you receive cannot be a car, motorcycle or similar vehicle.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Further, from 1 July 2001, for rollover relief to apply, the replacement asset you receive cannot become an item of your trading stock, nor can it be a depreciating asset.</span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Marriage breakdown.<br />
</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Read this&nbsp;section&nbsp;if your marriage or de facto marriage ended on or after 20 September 1985 and:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you transfer an asset or a share of an asset to your spouse </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you receive an asset or a share of an asset from your spouse, or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a company or trustee of a trust transfers an asset to you or your spouse.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
When we talk about &lsquo;your spouse&rsquo;, this includes your former spouse or former de facto spouse. &lsquo;Transfer&rsquo; of an asset means transferring ownership of an asset to the transferee spouse and includes &lsquo;creating&rsquo; an asset in their favour (such as a right to use property). Where we talk about &lsquo;an asset&rsquo;, this includes a share of, or an interest in, a jointly owned asset.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The term &lsquo;transferee spouse&rsquo; refers to the spouse to whom an asset is transferred, while the &lsquo;transferor&rsquo; is the person (or a company or the trustee of a trust) who transfers an asset to the transferee spouse.<br />
&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
As a general rule, CGT applies to all changes of ownership of assets on or after 20 September 1985. However, if you transfer an asset to your spouse as a result of the breakdown of your marriage or de facto marriage, there is an automatic rollover in certain cases. You cannot choose whether or not it applies.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">This rollover ensures the transferor spouse disregards a capital gain or capital loss that would otherwise arise. In effect, the one who receives the asset (the transferee spouse) will make the capital gain or capital loss when they subsequently dispose of the asset. If you are the transferee spouse, the cost base of the asset is transferred to you.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Deceased estates.</b><br />
If you are a deceased person&rsquo;s legal personal representative or a beneficiary of a deceased estate, read this&nbsp;section&nbsp;to find out about the special CGT rules that apply.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
When a person dies, the assets that make up their estate can:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">pass directly to a beneficiary (or beneficiaries), or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">pass directly to their legal personal representative (for example, their executor) who may dispose of the assets or pass them to the beneficiary (or beneficiaries).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">A beneficiary is a person entitled to assets of a deceased estate. They can be named as a beneficiary in a will or they can be entitled to the assets as a result of the laws of intestacy (when a person dies without having made a will).</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">A legal personal representative can be either:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">the executor of a deceased estate (that is, a person appointed to wind up the estate in accordance with the will), or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">an administrator appointed to wind up the estate if the person does not leave a will.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span>About the Author</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
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		<title>Everything You Ever Need To Know About Capital Gains Tax - Episode 3</title>
		<link>http://www.thetaxwiseblog.com/blog/capital-gains-tax-episode-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forestry managed investment scheme interests. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Forestry managed investment scheme interests.<br />
</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">This&nbsp;section&nbsp;explains your CGT obligations if:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you are a subsequent participant in a forestry managed investment scheme (FMIS), and </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you sold or otherwise disposed of your forestry interests in an FMIS in the 2008&ndash;09 income year.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: small">Subsequent participant.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You are a subsequent participant if you are not an initial participant. In most cases, this means that you bought your forestry interest from an initial participant.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You are an initial participant if:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you obtained your forestry interest from the forestry manager of the scheme, and </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">your payment to obtain the forestry interest is used to establish trees.<br />
    </span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span><span><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b><span style="font-size: small">Real estate and main residence.</span></b><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">This&nbsp;section&nbsp;explains your CGT obligations for real estate. Real estate includes - </span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">vacant blocks of land</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">business premises</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">rental properties</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">holiday houses, and </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">hobby farms</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The CGT exemption for a main residence is also explained in this section.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Apart from the main residence rules, capital gains and capital losses on real estate are worked out under the rules set out earlier.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Land is a CGT asset. In some cases, improvements made to land are treated as separate CGT assets &ndash; see Separate assets. A depreciating asset that is found in a building (for example, carpet or a hot-water system) is also taken to be a separate CGT asset from the building. When a CGT event happens to your property, you must work out a capital gain or capital loss for each CGT asset it comprises (or balancing adjustment in the case of depreciating assets sold with the property).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The most common CGT event that happens to real estate is its sale or disposal &ndash; CGT event A1. The time of the event is:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">when you enter into the contract for the disposal </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">if there is no contract &ndash; when the change of ownership occurs </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">if the asset is compulsorily acquired by an entity &ndash; the earliest of when </span></span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you received compensation from the entity </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">the entity became the asset&rsquo;s owner </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">the entity entered it under a power of compulsory acquisition, or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">the entity took possession under that power.</span></span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If land is disposed of under a contract, it is taken to have been disposed of when the contract is entered into &ndash; not the settlement date. The fact that a contract is subject to a condition, such as finance approval, will generally not affect this date. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You are not required to include any capital gain or capital loss on your tax return for the relevant income year until settlement occurs. When settlement occurs, you must include any capital gain or capital loss on your tax return for the income year in which the contract was made. If an assessment has already been made for that income year, you may need to have that assessment amended. Where an assessment is amended to include a net capital gain and a liability for shortfall interest charge (SIC) arises, remission of that interest charge will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Generally, it would be expected that the SIC would be remitted in full where requests for amendment are lodged within a reasonable time after the date of settlement &ndash; which, in most cases, is considered to be one month. If you consider that the SIC should be remitted, you should provide reasons why when you request the amendment to your assessment. More information about SIC is available on the ATO&#039;s website.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
Tomorrow&#039;s Episode</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">&#8230;&#8230;. Compulsory acquisition of an asset, Marriage breakdown and Deceased estates.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: medium"><span>About the Author </span></span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trust distributions.
This&#160;episode&#160;explains how distributions from trusts (including managed funds) can affect your CGT position. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Trust distributions.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
This&nbsp;episode&nbsp;explains how distributions from trusts (including managed funds) can affect your CGT position. Managed funds include -</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">property trusts </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">share trusts</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">equity trusts </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">growth trusts </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">imputation trusts, and </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">balanced trusts</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Distributions from trusts can include different amounts, but only the following two types of amounts are relevant for CGT purposes:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">capital gains </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">non-assessable payments<br />
    </span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Distributions of trust capital gains are treated as capital gains that <u>you</u> have made.</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Non-assessable payments mostly affect the cost base of units in a unit trust (including managed funds) but can in some cases create a capital gain. Non-assessable payments do not affect beneficiaries of a discretionary trust.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Trustees, including fund managers, may use different terms to describe the methods of calculation and other terms used in this guide. For example, they may use the term &lsquo;non-discount gains&rsquo; when they refer to capital gains worked out using the indexation and &lsquo;other&rsquo; methods.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Investments in shares and units.</b><br />
This section&nbsp;explains your CGT obligations if you sold or otherwise disposed of any shares or units in a unit trust (including a managed fund) in the 2008&ndash;09 income year. It also explains what happens when you have a CGT event under a demerger. For information about distributions from a unit trust (other than under a demerger) in the 2008&ndash;09 income year, contact <span style="font-size: medium"><i><b>Taxwise</b></i></span> on <span style="background-color: #ffff00"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: medium"><b>9248 8124</b></span></span></span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Managed fund.</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">A managed fund is a unit trust. Where we refer to a unit trust,&nbsp;we are also referring to a managed fund.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Tomorrows Episode</b>&#8230;&#8230;. Forestry Managed Investment Scheme Interests and Real Estate and Main Residence.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span>About the Author</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
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		<title>Everything You Need To Know About Capital Gains Tax (CGT) - Episode 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thetaxwiseblog.com/blog/about-capital-gains-tax-episode-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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These 4 episodes provide general background information about CGT and whether, and how, it applies to you.

How to work out your capital gain or capital loss. (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Does capital gains tax apply to you?</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
These 4 episodes provide general background information about CGT and whether, and how, it applies to you.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>How to work out your capital gain or capital loss.</b><br />
These 4 episodes explain how to work out each capital gain or capital loss you made during the income year. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">They do not explain how to work out your net capital gain or net capital losses carried forward to later income years. If you are completing the Tax return for individuals 2009 and want more information on how to calculate your net capital gain for the income year or net capital losses carried forward to later income years (including how to deduct any unapplied net capital losses from earlier years), Contact <i><span style="font-size: medium"><b>Taxwise</b></span></i> on <span style="background-color: #ffff00"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><span style="font-size: medium">9248 8124</span></b></span></span>. For more information about companies, trusts and funds or about completing the CGT summary worksheet, Contact <span style="font-size: medium"><i><b>Taxwise</b></i></span> on <span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="background-color: #ffff00"><span style="font-size: medium"><b>9248 8124</b></span></span></span>. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Keeping records.</b><br />
You must keep records of everything that affects your capital gains and capital losses. Penalties can apply if you do not keep the records for at least five years after the relevant CGT event.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Keeping adequate records of all expenditure will help you correctly work out the amount of capital gain or capital loss you have made when a CGT event happens. It will also help to make sure you do not pay more CGT than is necessary. If you have applied a net capital loss, you should generally keep your records of the CGT event that resulted in the loss for four years from the income year when the net capital loss is fully applied.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Keeping good records can help your beneficiaries reduce the impact of CGT after you die. If you leave an asset to another person, the asset may be subject to CGT when a CGT event happens to that asset in the future &ndash; for example, if your daughter (the beneficiary) sells the shares (the asset) you have left her in your will.</span></span><br />
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<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Tomorrow&#039;s Episode</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">&#8230;&#8230;. Trust distributions and Investments in shares and units.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span>About the Author</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
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		<title>Objection Guide.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If you realise that there is a mistake on your tax return, you should consider whether it would be appropriate to request an amendment to correct it. As time limits apply, you should do this as soon as possible.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><b>Objections</b><br />
If you disagree with certain Tax Office decisions, the law gives you the right to object and have the decision reviewed. Decisions you can object against include assessments, amended assessments, and some private rulings. You should consider lodging an objection if:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you disagree with an assessment or decision you have received from the ATO</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">there is a dispute over how the ATO&nbsp;has interpreted the law, or </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you are uncertain about your interpretation of the law.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">When the ATO&nbsp;gives you a decision, they explain how you can get the decision reviewed and tell you the time limits that apply in requesting a review.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Reviews are carried out by an officer who did not make the original decision. The review will reconsider the facts, law and policy aspects of that decision.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>Before you object</b><br />
If you have questions, or disagree with the ATO&#039;s decision, you should contact&nbsp;the ATO&nbsp;to discuss the decision before lodging an objection. Many misunderstandings can be resolved by simply talking to the ATO.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><b>You can object against&hellip;<br />
</b>You can object against certain Tax Office decisions. Some of the decisions you can object against include:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">income tax assessments and amended assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">fringe benefits tax assessments and amended assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">private rulings about income tax </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">private rulings about fringe benefits tax and fuel tax credits </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">administrative penalty assessments for tax shortfall </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">decisions not to remit an administrative penalty if the penalty is more than $220 after the decision has been made </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">goods and services tax, wine equalisation tax, fuel tax credit and luxury car tax assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">excess contributions tax assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">superannuation contributions surcharge assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">termination payments surcharge assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">superannuation guarantee charge assessments </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">decisions not to remit an administrative penalty </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">reviewable goods and services tax decisions </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">reviewable Australian business number decisions.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
<b>You cannot object against&hellip;<br />
</b>You cannot object against some Tax Office decisions. Some of the decisions that you cannot object against include:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">general interest charge </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">late payment penalty </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">shortfall interest charge (where the unremitted amount is equal to or less than 20% of the tax shortfall) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a private ruling on goods and services tax, luxury car tax or wine equalisation tax &ndash; you can ask the ATO to make an indirect tax assessment and then object against that assessment </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a private ruling where an assessment has issued covering the private ruling period &ndash; you may object against the assessment </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">administratively binding advice or advice about proposed changes to tax laws </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a decision not to remit an administrative penalty if the penalty is $220 or less after the decision has been made.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If you cannot object against the ATO&#039;s&nbsp;decision, the ATO can still talk to you about your issues and answer your questions. If you ask, in most cases they will review the decision consistent with good administrative practice.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You may also be able to get the decision reviewed by a court.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><b>What happens after you lodge your objection?</b><br />
Within 14 days of receiving your objection,&nbsp;the ATO&nbsp;will:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">review your objection and, if necessary, contact you or your representative to discuss it </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">request further information, if required, to allow them to make a decision </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">advise you if your objection will take longer than usual to decide (particularly where the objection raises complex matters) and negotiate a new due date with you for them to make the objection decision.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Unless the ATO has&nbsp;negotiated a completion date with you, they aim to make a decision on your objection (after receiving all necessary information) within:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">28 days for private rulings on income tax or fringe benefits tax </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">56 days for all other objections.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
By promptly responding to any requests from the ATO, you can help ensure that any delays will be minimised.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">When the ATO makes their&nbsp;decision on your objection, they will review the facts and evidence provided by you and may decide to:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">allow your objection in full </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">allow your objection in part </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">disallow your objection.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
Once the ATO has&nbsp;made their decision, they will generally send you:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">a notice of decision that includes the reasons for their decision </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">information on how to seek an external review if you are dissatisfied with their decision </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">information on how to pay any outstanding amount.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
If the ATO has allowed your objection in full or in part, they will amend their original decision.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">When considering an objection against a private ruling, the ATO may take additional information into account that they did not consider when making the original ruling. The ATO will tell you what the information is, and give you an opportunity to respond, before they make a decision. Where the new information makes a material difference to the facts of the original scheme or circumstances, the ATO may ask you to apply for a new private ruling. If this occurs, your objection is taken not to have been made, and will not be further considered.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><b><br />
Paying outstanding tax when objecting</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">As a general principle, the Commissioner expects that all debts will be paid on time, including those subject to an objection.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">For more information, see recovering debt that is in dispute.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If an objection is decided in your favour, the ATO will refund to you or credit your account with any amount that you have overpaid. Where an overpayment of tax has been made you may be entitled to interest.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b>About the Author </b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b>Warren Kruger </b>is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
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		<title>Free Electronic Tax Calendar For Small Businesses.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">A free electronic calendar is now available on the Tax Office website to help small businesses meet their tax and superannuation guarantee obligations throughout the year.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Tax Commissioner Michael D&rsquo;Ascenzo said &#039;Your small business tax calendar provides reminders of lodgement due dates for small businesses, bookkeepers and tax agents.&#039;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">&ldquo;You can personalise the calendar quickly and easily by answering some simple questions about your business,&rdquo; Mr D&rsquo;Ascenzo said.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">&ldquo;Based on your individual circumstances, the calendar records all the due dates you need for the financial year, such as when to lodge your business activity statement and when to pay your employees&rsquo; superannuation.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The updated calendar can now also be used by charities, not-for-profit organisations and deductible gift recipients to help them meet their tax and superannuation obligations.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Small businesses and organisations can also: </span></span></b></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">record notes and reminders, such as appointments or payment due dates <br />
    </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">update the calendar at any time if their business structure or reporting obligations change, and <br />
    </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">print a one-page yearly planner for tax and superannuation obligations and due dates.<br />
    </span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">&ldquo;If you run more than one business or have a number of clients, you can set up a unique tax and superannuation calendar for each of them, and tax agents can encourage clients to use the calendar to record upcoming appointments.&rdquo;</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Your small business tax calendar is designed for small businesses, including sole traders, with a turnover of less than $2 million, as well as charities and not-for-profit organisations.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The latest version of the tax calendar is now available and we encourage businesses to download a copy as it contains up-to-date information for lodgement and payment due dates.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">To download a free copy of the tax calendar, visit the Tax Office website at </span></span><a href="http://www.ato.gov.au/TaxCalendar"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">www.ato.gov.au/TaxCalendar</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">. The calendar is also available on CD by calling 13 72 26. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b><span style="font-size: medium">About the Author </span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><b><span style="font-size: medium">Warren Kruger</span></b><span style="font-size: medium"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: medium"><span>For a <b>FREE </b>Report &quot;7 Essential Strategies to Reduce Your Taxation NOW!&quot;, <br />
Sign Up RIGHT NOW in the Opt In Box located on the top right hand side of this article.</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>Take Control Of Your Tax - Understanding how tax applies to every stage of your business.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Warren Kruger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of starting a business.
If your thinking about starting your own business there are important decisions you need to make.
For example;

what type of business should you start? (...)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Thinking of starting a business.</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If your thinking about starting your own business there are important decisions you need to make.<br />
For example;</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">what type of business should you start?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>will it be a business or just a hobby?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>what do you need to do before you start?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>do you need a business plan?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>are you really ready to start a new business?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>what financial information do you need?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>will you need an Australian business number?</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><span><span>will you have a tax responsibilities?</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">At this stage of your business life cycle, it&#039;s important to think about, understand and plan your business tax needs. Time spent now will help you manage your tax obligations when you start your business and make the right decisions.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Starting your business.</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">When you start your business, you need to consider tax to get your business off to a good start. For example, do you know:<br />
</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">what records you need to keep and how to set up a record keeping system?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how goods and services tax (GST) works?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">what you need to report in your tax return?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">what deductions you are entitled to claim?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how often you have to lodge you business activity statement (BAS)?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how to pay your tax?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how working from home may affect your tax?</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small"><br />
</span><b><span style="font-size: small">Running your business.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">As your business grows and changes you need to be aware of how your tax obligations may also change. For example, do you know:<br />
</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how to change your business structure?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">what changes when you have employees?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how pay as you go (PAYG) withholding works?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you have to pay super for employees?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">how to pay fringe benefits tax (FBT)?</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">how to treat payments you make to independent contractors?</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">how to work with the ATO electronically? </span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">&nbsp;<b><br />
Ceasing your business.</b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">You need to tell the ATO if you&#039;re affected by the following:<br />
</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you have ceased trading altogether</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you are registered to operate a business but you&#039;ve never traded</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">you have sold or transferred ownership of your business</span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">To tell the ATO you&#039;re no longer in business:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">phone the ATO on 13 28 66 between 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday, or</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">If you have a digital certificate, you may cancel your ABN online at </span></span><a href="http://www.abr.gov.au/"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">www.abr.gov.au</span></span></a></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Online cancellation is fast and secure, and your cancellation details will usually be updated within 24 hours.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">What to do next.</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Contact <span style="font-size: medium"><i><b>Taxwise</b></i></span> on </span><span style="background-color: #ffcc00"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: medium"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">9248 8124</span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana">About the Author </span></span></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Warren Kruger</span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> is an Australian Tax Specialist and Advisor. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">For a <b>FREE</b> Report &quot;7 Essential Strategies to Reduce Your Taxation NOW!&quot;, <br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-family: Verdana">Sign Up RIGHT NOW in the Opt In Box located on the top right hand side of this article.</span></span>&nbsp;</p>
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