New Partnership Profit Guidelines Introduced by the ATO

Three years after first commencing a review of how professional firms engage in income splitting the ATO has released its highly anticipated partnership profit guidelines. The new guidelines will be introduced on 1st July 2021. The ATO has published a drat copy of the guidelines under the name Practical Compliance Guideline 2021/22. This document explains […]

Income Splitting

Now and then the ATO issues warnings on how its general anti-avoidance legislation can apply to professional firms that allocate profits to individual professional practitioners with proprietorship in the firm. Firms potentially affected include those providing services in the accounting, architectural, engineering, financial services, legal and medical professions.