by Quinns Blog | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you want to appoint a trustee as a beneficiary of a discretionary trust? There are facts you should be aware of. Under the legislation, the trustee of a trust may be a person or a company (a corporate trustee). In either case, the trustee must be legally capable of...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Only use this method if you are a sole trader or partnership (where at least one partner is an individual) claiming for a car. On this page: This method Rates How you use this method This method The cents per kilometre method: uses a set rate for each kilometre...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recognises that the community has experienced significant challenges this year. The ATO’s support and guidance should make tax time easier, particularly where new circumstances mean that people are receiving a different type of...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2019 (the Act) and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 (the RAB Act) passed NSW Parliament. The following information provides a brief overview of the new laws. We will...
by Quinns Blog | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The personal services income measures (the PSI rules) aim to provide similar tax treatment for personal services income (PSI), whether derived by an employee or a contractor. They also aim to prevent certain taxpayers from ‘alienating’ their PSI to another entity....
by Quinns Blog | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Federal Government has provided companies and boards much needed certainty about how they can meet their legal obligations over the next six months during the coronavirus pandemic. The changes recently announced and effected as of 6 May 2020 allow companies to...