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Release of draft regulation to provide tax certainty … maybe
Published on 01 Apr 13 by "TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA" JOURNAL ARTICLE
The government has announced that it intends to amend the law, with effect from 1 July 2012, to allow the tax exemption for earnings on assets supporting pensions to continue following the death of a member in pension phase until the deceased member’s benefits have been paid out of the fund. A draft regulation to that effect has been released. This follows an opinion expressed by the Commissioner of Taxation, in relation to a draft ruling, that, from 1 July 2007, a pension ceases on the death of a member unless the fund’s trust deed or pension documentation provides that a pension dependant is automatically entitled to receive the pension on the death of the member.
This article examines the draft regulation and points out that it remains unclear what will be the situation between the date of effect of the draft ruling (1 July 2007) and the draft regulation (1 July 2012).
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Thalia Dardamanis CTA
Thalia is a Special Counsel at Bernie O’Sullivan Lawyers. She has been practising in superannuation law and estate planning for approximately 10 years. Thalia is a regular presenter on superannuation and wealth succession topics and has published extensively in these areas. For several years now she has been lecturing the superannuation module of the advanced Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) program for The Tax Institute. She is currently a member of The Tax Institute’s National Superannuation Technical Committee and is completing her Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne. - Current at 30 June 2015
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