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Allocation of professional firm profits – Factsheet
Published on 04 Mar 21
On 1 March 2021, the ATO released new draft guidance on the allocation of professional firm profits in the form of Draft Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2021/D2: Allocation of professional firm profits – ATO compliance approach (draft PCG).
The draft PCG explains how the ATO intends to apply compliance resources when considering the allocation of professional firm profit or income in the assessable income of the individual professional practitioner (IPP). When finalised, the PCG is proposed to apply from 1 July 2021.
Prior to outlining the steps The Tax Institute is taking to support you, a number of key issues are outlined below to provide some perspective and hopefully put your minds immediately at rest.
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Paul Banister CTA
Paul Banister, CTA, is a Chartered Accountant and a Partner at Grant Thornton in their Private Enterprise team in Brisbane. He has over 40 years’ experience working with clients in an array of industries to help them navigate through complex and potentially risky tax and commercial issues, including to address tax disputes. His expertise includes domestic and international tax planning, transaction advisory and support, superannuation structuring and advice, succession planning, estate planning and philanthropy. Paul has presented at many professional and business forums, both in Australia and internationally, and is a published author. Paul is the Vice President of The Tax Institute and was the recipient of The Tax Institute’s SME Tax Adviser of the Year Award for 2016.
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