Tax Planning for Business

Tax Planning Strategy 165 | Trade, Business and Professional Body Subscriptions

23 February 2017
CPA Australia

Tax planning strategy 165 Subscriptions, joining fees, levies and contributions paid to professional associations may be deductible under s 8-1 and/or s 25-55. Payments to trade and professional associations may be in the form of joining fees, periodic subscriptions or levies and other contributions. Deductions for periodic subscriptions are available under s 8-1 where it…

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Tax Planning Strategy 185 | Accessing Surplus Franking Credits

2 February 2017

This strategy is ideal for taxpayers who meet two criteria: They own a company with a franking account surplus (normally as the result of profits from operating a business or investments, the company paying tax and retaining those profits). The taxpayers (shareholders in the company) currently have nil or low taxable incomes (normally due to…

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Tax Planning Strategy 182 | The Advantages of Tax Havens

17 November 2016

  Tax planning strategy 182 The central feature of a tax haven is that its laws and other measures can be used to evade or avoid the tax laws or regulations of other jurisdictions. Although there is no universally accepted definition of tax havens the following characteristics are indicative of it: No or nominal taxes.…

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