New depreciation legislation for Australian property investors – Second-hand residential properties
In one of the most dramatic changes to property depreciation legislation in more than 15 years, Parliament has passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Tax Integrity) Bill 2017 as at Wednesday 15th November 2017, with the Bill now legislation. The new legislation means owners of second-hand residential properties (where contracts exchanged after 7:30pm on the […]
Planning for the post-Christmas slump
Planning for the post-Christmas slump If you have failed to properly prepare for the post-Christmas slowdown many businesses experience, you may be in for a shock when you return from your well-deserved break. Post-Christmas is a dangerous time for small businesses, especially business to business (B2B) operators. As business starts to slow down for the […]
New government bill introduced on company tax issue
The federal government has introduced a bill clarifying the tax rate for passive investment companies, after a period of consultation with the industry revealed a series of flaws with its initial approach. The passage of Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan Base Rate Entities) Bill 2017 will mean a company will not qualify for the […]
Draft legislation on lower corporate tax rate eligibility released
Treasury has released exposure draft legislation that will generally exclude passive investment companies from accessing the lower corporate tax rate from the 2016/17 income year. Currently, the corporate tax rate for qualifying small corporate tax entities has been reduced to 27.5% for small business entities with a turnover threshold of $10m in the 2016/17 income year. From the 2017/18 income year, access to this rate will be […]
Crowd-sourced equity funding for proprietary companies Bill introduced
Crowd-sourced equity funding is an innovative type of fundraising that allows a large number of individuals to make small financial investments in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Legislation to create a crowd-sourced equity funding regime for public companies will commence on 29 September 2017. Extending the crowd-sourced equity funding framework to proprietary companies will allow these companies to access an alternative form of finance with […]