ASFA has warned that the Government’s draft legislation to increase the account balance threshold above which lost superannuation accounts must be transferred to the Tax Office may leave some account holders without insurance cover. Currently, lost and inactive superannuation accounts with balances of less than $2,000 must be transferred to the Commissioner. The Exposure Draft – Tax…
The Federal Court has upheld a superannuation excess contributions tax assessment and affirmed the Commissioner’s decision that there were no “special circumstances” under s 292-465 of the ITAA 1997 to warrant reallocating excess concessional contribution received late via BPay. The taxpayer is the managing director of a fluid technology company. On 30 June 2009, the bookkeeper for the…
The Actuaries Institute has released its submission in response to Treasury’s discussion paper entitled, Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation (released in November 2013). The Institute raised a number of issues. In relation to regulation, the Institute expressed its concern about the potential additional regulation of actuarial services via the Tax Agent…
The Tax Office has announced the key superannuation rates and thresholds for 2014-15, indexed in accordance with ss 960-275 and 960-285 of the ITAA 1997 in line with average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE). The document, Key superannuation rates and thresholds, is available on the Tax Office Website. CONTRIBUTIONS: The general concessional contributions cap is…
The Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No 1) Regulation 2014 was registered on Wed 19.2.2014, to prescribe an interim method for calculating an individual’s “defined benefit contributions” to enable the Commissioner to determine a liability for Division 293 tax on superannuation concessional contributions for those with incomes above $300,000. The Regulation inserts reg…
The Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No 1) Bill 2014 was introduced in the House of Reps on Wed 26.2.2014. The superannuation related measures are as follows. amend the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (SIS Act) to introduce civil and criminal penalties for promoters of schemes that have resulted, or are likely to…
The ATO on Wed 26.2.2014, released an Addendum to Miscellaneous Tax Ruling MT 2010/1 (Restrictions on GST refunds under s 105-65 of Sch 1 to the TAA) to broadly reflect amendments made by the Indirect Tax Laws Amendment (Assessment) Act 2012, which came into effect on 1 July 2012 and introduced a self-assessment regime for indirect taxes. [LTN 38,…
The Victorian Government has successfully challenged an ATO decision to impose GST on interment, Victorian Minister for Health David Davis has announced. Mr Davis said that last year, the ATO issued a ruling [Class Ruling CR 2013/41] in relation to GST on fees imposed by NSW councils, including cemetery fees. Following this, he said the…
This Determination, issued on Wed 5.2.2014, states that where real property is acquired following the exercise of a call option, the call option fee does not form part of the “consideration for the acquisition” for the purposes of s 75-10(2) of the GST Act [which states that GST can be imposed on the ‘margin’ land is…
It is understood that the Commissioner has discontinued his appeal to the Federal Court against the decision in AAT Case [2013] AATA 891, Re Swanbat Pty Ltd and FCT. The AAT had set aside the Commissioner’s amended assessment in relation to a BAS for the period 1 April 2008 to 30 June 2008 and held that the taxpayer’s net…
