Latest discretionary trust News

Common sense wins as trust tax grab sent for scrutiny
The government wants trusts to pay a minimum 30% tax. What’s behind the changes?
Red tape is holding back small business and costing Australia
Delivering Certainty For New South Wales Businesses
NSW shows leadership in resolving uncertainties around trust taxation
Government leaves small family businesses with three bad choices on trust tax
Trusts legislation fails to address genuine industry concerns and will arbitrarily punish businesses
Don’t rush flawed trust tax increases into law
$13b bill for small business from tax on trusts because taxaholic Treasurer can’t kick spending addiction
Tax Reform For Fairer Tax System
Second reading speech, Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
Greens to seek Senate inquiry into Labor’s watered-down trust reforms
Trust tax changes ‘shirtfront Australian businesses’ – ‘grave error to rush these flawed thought bubbles into law.’ 
Labor’s Small Business Squeeze
Federal discretionary trust changes smash property industry confidence and investment
47% penalty will unnecessarily punish small family businesses and undermine trust tax option
NSW’s constructive approach to trust taxation issues is welcome and other states should follow
Trust tax changes better for small business, but flawed policy remains
Trust tax reforms a long-overdue essential step for fairness, ACOSS says
Government steps back from trust tax cliff, but concerns remain
Discretionary Trusts Exposure Draft Legislation
Treasurer’s Changes To Trusts Are Welcome
Exposure draft legislation – Minimum tax on discretionary trusts
Housing tax reforms critical for affordability and fairness – now we need more low-income housing and limits on excessive rents
Treasurers’ meeting fail for consumers. Latest Federal tax hits housing supply, buyers and renters
Tax burden risks confidence needed for jobs, housing and productivity
Trust tax proposal could force finance brokers to revisit business arrangements
Urgent changes needed for almost half a million Australian companies transitioning around trusts
Consultation On Next Tranche Of Tax Reform Legislation
COSBOA argues for alternatives to unfair trust tax expected to cost small business billions
Property Council calls on Treasury to ditch ‘unworkable’ trust tax that will shrink new housing
Small businesses urged to speak up on proposed trust tax changes
Consultation paper confirms trust tax fears remain for hundreds of thousands of small businesses
Federal trust tax hike hits new homes and a ‘red tape nightmare’
Consultation on discretionary trusts reform implementation
Housing delivery remains the real test as completion figures highlight pipeline pressures
Proposed trust tax changes could leave hundreds of thousands of small businesses facing an impossible choice
Australia’s property industry confidence at lowest level since pandemic lockdowns
Investor tax reform an historic victory for fairness and housing affordability
Fewer homes, weaker investment as Greens okay tax hikes 
Grattan on Friday: Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?
Tax update does not resolve risks to housing investment 
Property Council to Senate: tax changes shrink home supply
Nationals to scrap Labor’s toxic tax changes to protect northern NSW businesses, farmers, and families
Tax changes undermine housing supply agenda, Property Council submission warns
Labor’s Budget Fail For Small Business
“Labor has introduced the biggest tax changes in a generation, without a mandate, for the Australian people”
Labor Must Scrap Its Toxic Taxes To Protect Farmers