Australian property developers, subdividers and business sellers — FY2026–27. General information, not personal advice. Confirm the figures and your eligibility for your own facts. Sell a property as part of your business and, unless it's exempt, you normally hand the ATO 1/11 of the full sale price in GST. On a A$900,000 sale that's roughly A$81,818 gone. The margin scheme changes the base. Instead of GST on the whole price, you pay GST on the margin — broadly, what you sell

If a letter from the ATO has just told you that you're now in "PAYG instalments," take a breath. This is one of the most misread parts of the Australian tax system — and the misreading almost always runs in the scary direction. So let's start with the single most important fact: PAYG instalments are not an extra tax. They are pre-payments of the income tax you were always going to owe — collected in instalments through the year, then credited in full against your final bill.

If you're a non-resident selling on Amazon Australia and shipping stock into an Australian fulfilment centre, there's a strong chance you're both overpaying and worrying about the wrong risks. The single most valuable thing to understand is this: the 10% GST you pay at the Australian border on imported stock is money you can recover — once you're registered the right way. Meanwhile, most of the "you'll be taxed on your worldwide income" and "you must set up an Australian comp

A recent Supreme Court of Victoria decision has confirmed a significant and often overlooked landholder duty risk for trusts holding Victorian property. In Tao v Commissioner of State Revenue, the Court confirmed that assuming full control of a corporate trustee can trigger landholder duty, even where no land, trust units or beneficial interests are acquired. This decision has important implications for property investors, family groups and advisers involved in trust restruct

If you’re a residential builder or construction group using display homes to generate sales, a recent tribunal decision could significantly improve your tax position. In a landmark case involving Masterton , the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) confirmed that the cost of constructing temporary display homes can be fully deductible as marketing expenses, rather than being locked into slow capital write‑offs. This decision is especially relevant for builders operating in di

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