EMPLOYEE TRUSTS: HOW DISTRIBUTION WORKS
Binding Private Ruling 330 (“BPR330”) was issued on 3 October 2019 and relates to the tax implications arising from distributions of dividends and other amounts from an employee trust to beneficiaries on the termination of their employment. The taxpayer (a resident trust) was established for the benefit of the black permanent employees of Company A. […]
SALARY SACRIFICE SCHEMES – LATEST JUDGMENT BY THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL
Salary sacrifice schemes are popular in practice. Typically, they involve employers paying a decreased salary to their employees, with an added fringe benefit to make up for the lost ‘cost to company’ sacrificed by the employee to obtain the benefit. For example, an employee may prefer to enter into a salary sacrifice with his/her employer […]