“The ATO can see… there’s a red flag… the ATO may well already know that your trust quite possibly has tripped that FTDT liability”

David Montani · Accountants Daily Podcast Network · Under the Hood: The restrictive family control test

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What was described

Warn that the ATO may already know a trust has tripped FTDT liability through data-matching, so relying on a “Richard Nixon” strategy of hoping it won’t be discovered is risky

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“The minute something trips, it's, you know, they're called canary files because, you know, the little canary comes out and warns you.”
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Melanie Pedrone
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“The ATO maintains a database of trusts that have made family trust elections and also trusts in companies and so on that have made interposed elections”
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“Australia relies on capital growth; everywhere else relies on cash flow… my strategy changed completely.”
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“Just because you tell them… they don’t check with the ATO first… the ATO will reconcile and may issue a letter and extra tax to pay.”
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