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As Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) lodgement season approaches, family businesses should carefully review the perks they provide to working directors and family members.

As Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) lodgement season approaches, family businesses should carefully review the perks they provide to working directors and family members.

The ATO is turning up the heat on employers who provide work vehicles for private use. Sophisticated data-matching means assumptions and shortcuts can quickly lead to audits, penalties, interest charges – and even reputational damage.

The ATO has issued a Draft Taxation Determination TD 2026/D1 which looks at how inherited family homes are treated for CGT purposes.

In 2024–25, DPNs skyrocketed by 136%. The stakes are high, and now the Tax Ombudsman is reviewing how the ATO issues and manages these notices- a development all directors should take seriously.

When clients sell a long-held family home, they may be able to channel part of the proceeds into superannuation by using the downsizer contribution rules.

Until recently, many owners assumed they could claim most of the usual deductions for the property without much trouble, as long as appropriate apportionments were made. However, that position is now under more scrutiny than ever.

Running, or deciding to set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) gives you control, but it also brings legal responsibilities.

If you run a business, from 1 July 2026, there’s a major change coming that will reshape how you handle superannuation contributions for staff.