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Victorian SRO 2026-27 compliance focuses: Impacts for businesses and property owners

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Key points The SRO looks to prioritise duty compliance, particularly foreign purchaser disclosures, indirect acquisitions involving commercial and industrial land, related-party dealings and residence-based concessions. For land tax and vacant residential land tax, SRO reviews will target grouping, trustees, absentee owners, undisclosed vacancies and exemption claims. SRO scrutiny will also include payroll tax obligations covering […]

Draft minimum tax rules threaten established family and business trust structures

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The proposed minimum tax regime for discretionary trusts should not proceed in its current form. It would operate punitively for family and business trust groups that legitimately use corporate beneficiaries or have accumulated trust losses, imposing significant costs, complexity and uncertainty on middle market taxpayers. Pitcher Partners is calling on the Government to adopt a […]

Lauren Radcliffe

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Lauren is a Client Director within the Superannuation consulting team, with over 20 years of experience advising clients in a range of technical capacities. Clients appreciate Lauren’s ability to simplify technical rules and compliance expectations, allowing them to work together to achieve commercially driven outcomes while meeting regulatory requirements. She specialises in Self Managed Superannuation […]

Top 10 questions: Discretionary Trust Minimum Tax

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Key points: The proposed minimum trust tax could reshape how family groups structure wealth, investments and succession planning. For many discretionary trusts, the biggest question is whether existing structures remain fit for purpose. Early consideration may provide greater flexibility if the reforms proceed. The Federal Government has released exposure draft legislation introducing a proposed minimum […]

Minimum Trust Tax arrives: Navigating Treasury’s draft legislation

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This webinar explores the Federal Government’s proposed 30% minimum tax on discretionary trusts and why it could be one of the most significant tax changes affecting private groups in recent decades. Hosted by Melbourne Partner Yina Tang, the session features Partner Alexis Kokkinos, a leading voice in the consultation process with Treasury and the ATO. […]

Minimum trust tax a step closer: Treasury releases draft legislation

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The next stage of the Government’s proposed 30% minimum tax on discretionary trust has arrived, with Treasury releasing exposure draft legislation and associated materials. This release continues the Government’s rapid implementation of the 2026 Federal Budget measures following the release of a consultation paper in July. The exposure draft addresses a number of stakeholder concerns […]

Treasury’s proposed minimum tax on Discretionary Trusts: Our submission and key concerns

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Treasury’s consultation paper considers one of the most significant reforms to the taxation of discretionary trusts in decades and has important implications for private business groups, investors and family enterprises. Pitcher Partners has lodged a detailed submission in response to the consultation paper. While we understand the Government’s policy objective of addressing perceived income splitting […]

Update on the proposed changes to discretionary trusts

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Key points: Testamentary trusts have secured a major win, with genuine structures proposed to be exempt from the new 30% minimum tax. The exemption comes with guardrails, as injected assets may still be caught by the new rules. Now is the time to review trust structures before the proposed reforms take effect. Proposed rollover relief […]

Payroll tax: what Australian employers need to know

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Payroll tax is a state-based obligation administered by the State Revenue Offices in each state and territory. While the rules are largely harmonised, important differences remain across jurisdictions, including thresholds, rates, due dates, grouping rules and the treatment of particular wage components. There continues to be an increase in compliance activities undertaken by the State […]

Positive gearing in a post–Budget 2026 landscape: Why it matters more than ever

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Key points: The Federal Budget’s changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax are likely to accelerate a shift away from tax-driven property investing and toward investments that deliver stronger underlying returns. With fewer tax benefits available on loss-making properties, investors will place greater emphasis on rental yield, cash flow and the ability of an […]

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