Trusts
Never mind negative gearing. Australians pushed $67b through this tax vehicle
The record amount has flowed through a growing number of trusts to help Australians, mostly high-income earners, reduce their tax bills.
- by Shane Wright
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Trying to ‘rule from the grave’? The trouble with testamentary trusts
Locking your money away in a testamentary trust can cause problems for your beneficiaries.
- by Julia Hartman
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Can we get the pension if we transfer $1m to a family trust?
If your assets are well over the limit for the age pension, moving them into a family trust is unlikely to help.
- by Noel Whittaker
A bunch of bunchers – how people tweak their income to sneak below the tax rates
New research has revealed Australia is filled with people who use trusts and other quirks to pick their tax rate as wage earners pay full freight.
- by Shane Wright
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Coroner investigates death of lawyer under suspicion over apparent Ponzi scheme
Lawyer John Adams died just days before it was discovered that up to $100 million in clients’ funds had vanished.
- by Cameron Houston and David Estcourt
Marlene is inheriting millions. She wants the taxman to take it away
For more than a year, the 30-year-old heiress has been campaigning for tax policies that would redistribute her eight-figure windfall — and anyone else’s.
- by Emma Bubola
Labor abandons trust fund tax reform, shadow treasurer confirms
Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said the only tax increase being pursued by Labor now is on multinational companies, which is also a Coalition policy.
- by Rachel Clun
Albanese to target global companies in tax slug
In a clear sign he will unveil tougher tax rules, Labor leader Anthony Albanese named multinational companies as a group that could pay more tax.
- by David Crowe
Rinehart family dispute puts $2b dividend bonanza on hold
Gina Rinehart's battle with her children over the management of a multibillion-dollar family trust is holding up almost $2 billion in mining dividend payouts.
- by Colin Kruger
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Opinion
IOOF legal loss exposes it to tens of millions in compo
An IOOF trustee company has been found liable to pay compensation to thousands of investors for breaching its duties.
- by Adele Ferguson
Spotlight: Millionaires are on the move and many are eyeing Australia
One in four millionaires in the world plans to emigrate this year and their top destination is Down Under. But what's causing the exodus?
- by Greg Callaghan
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