A court has upheld an informal removal and appointment of SMSF trustees. The background is about the control of a death benefit of a father. The legal issue was whether the daughter had been validly removed as a trustee and whether his de facto had been validly appointed as trustee. The Court held that the […]
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Recent QLD litigation suggests SMSFs could be included in payroll tax groups
Qld Revenue has included an SMSF and its holding trusts within a payroll tax group on the basis that they are each a business (as that term is defined in the payroll tax legislation) and they are each controlled by two individuals (by reason of being the trustees of the SMSF and directors of the […]
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