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What the ATO wants to know about your family’s succession plan

What the ATO wants to know about your family’s succession plan

The founders of some of the nation’s most successful family business will soon turn 70, and the ATO wants to know what comes next.

The ATO is taking a close look at the inheritance of private wealth. iStock

Michelle BowesWealth reporter
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A decade or so ago, entities in the Moloney family group – which operates a Victorian company called Mt Noorat Freighters – were restructured for succession planning purposes.

This involved the $3.5 million sale of the business from one trust in the family group to another.

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Michelle Bowes
Michelle BowesWealth reporterMichelle Bowes writes about wealth from our Sydney newsroom. She has more than 20 years of experience as a business journalist and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls. Email Michelle at michelle.bowes@afr.com

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