Division 7A Fundamentals
Where practitioners often get it wrong
How clients can be caught by Division 7A
Fixing Division 7A 'problems'

 

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The ATO continues to enjoy a high success rate when it comes to challenging the treatment of contractors under the superannuation guarantee legislation. The ATO has a strong incentive to monitor this area as liabilities can accumulate very quickly.

 

In this Knowledge Shop IQ module we help you identify arrangements that may be at risk of triggering significant superannuation guarantee liabilities and that steps that can be taken to minimise that risk. This is an issue that is not going away any time soon unless there are fundamental changes to the system.

 

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The Division 7A Module is part of the Intermediate I Program of 10 modules specifically designed to manage the training needs of your Intermediate team members across a year.

 

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Intermediate/ Accountant

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1:32 minutes plus quiz questions

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24/7 for 12 months

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1.5 PD Hours

We explore the practical issues of how clients are caught by Division 7A, how to minimise risk, and correctly calculating Division 7A exposure.

Introduction & Outline (0:59) 

The purpose of Division 7A and how it is triggered (3:48)

  • What is the policy intent behind Division 7A?
  • The circumstances that trigger Division 7A

 

Impact of Division 7A (5:06)

  • What happens when Div 7A is triggered from the perspective of the individual and the company
  • The exceptions and how they apply
  • The importance of deadlines on your ability to minimise risk
  • The concept of a deemed dividend and how it applies

 

Distributable surplus (12:49)

  • What is the distributable surplus and how does it apply
  • Why distributable surplus is not the same as retained earnings on the balance sheet
  • Working with net assets
  • Calculating distributable surplus correctly
  • The events and triggers that suggest there is a problem

 

Managing associates (5:53)

  • What is an associate?
  • Managing family groups
  • The problem areas

 

Dealing with Div 7A Payments (4:49)

  • What is considered to be a payment?
  • The exceptions and how they apply

 

Managing loans (11:55)

  • Why loans are often the problem area
  • Managing deadlines in practice
  • Avoiding a deemed dividend arising
  • The strict requirements of loan agreements
  • Dealing with payments in practice
  • What happens when a loan is in default
  • Timing and where problems arise
  • Section 109R and contrived arrangements – what to look out for

 

Forgiven debts (1:46)

  • What is a forgiven debt?
  • The statute of limitations and how Division 7A can be triggered without a client realising
  • Assignment of debt 

 

Exceptions (2:58)

  • The exceptions to Division 7A

 

Pre 4 December 1997 loans (4:10)

  • How the exclusion works for pre 4 December 1997 loans
  • Why you cannot rely on the exclusion
  • The events that trigger Division 7A on pre 4 December 1997 loans

 

Trusts and Division 7A (4:25)

  • Unpaid Present Entitlements (UPEs)
  • The ATO evolving position
  • What to look for in the accounts
  • The problem with the definition of a ‘loan’ for Division 7A purposes

 

UPEs as loans (7:52)

  • Step through an example of the interaction of UPEs and Division 7A
  • The current ATO position
  • Pre 16 December 2009 entitlements
  • Using sub-trust arrangements

 

Subdivision EA and older unpaid entitlements (5:39)

  • When and how does Subdivision EA apply?
  • How to avoid with Subdivision EA issues
  • What to look out for - how do you know you have a problem?

 

Practical issues (6:39)

  • The circumstances that you will come across that indicate your client may have a Division 7A issue
  • What happens when a deemed dividend has been triggered?
  • What do you need to recognise in the tax return

 

Quiz 1 (1:48)

  • Quiz 1
  • Quiz 1 answer and explanation

 

Quiz 2 (2:59)

  • Quiz 2
  • Quiz 2 answer and explanation

 

Quiz 3 (2:47)

  • Quiz 3
  • Quiz 3 answer and explanation
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Quiz 4 (2:19)

  • Quiz 4
  • Quiz 4 answer and explanation

 

Quiz 5 (3:31)

  • Quiz 5 
  • Quiz 5 answer and explanation

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IQ Presenter

Michael Carruthers

Tax Director, Knowledge Shop

Michael Carruthers Director Knowledge Shop

Michael oversees the development of the tax team for Knowledge Shop and Hayes Knight in Sydney and is head of the Hayes Knight group’s national tax committee. 

 

Michael has a knack for seeing through the complexity and helping practitioners work through highly technical issues with certainty and accuracy. 

 

He is a member of the advisory panel for the Board of Taxation and was an expert panel member for the Board of Taxation’s review of tax impediments facing small business.

 

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