Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Smeaton Grange Holdings Pty Ltd

[2017] NSWCA 184

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Taxation
2. › Payroll tax
3. › Grouping of employers
4. › Discretionary trusts
5. › Deeming provisions
6. › Whether person who may benefit from discretionary trust deemed to have controlling interest in business conducted by trustee
7. › Whether subsequent disclaimer by discretionary object can retrospectively defeat accrued statutory liability
8. › Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW), ss 72(1), 72(2)(g), 72(6), 81
1. Taxation
2. › Payroll tax
3. › Statutory construction
4. › Relationship between general law principles and taxing statutes
5. › Whether parties can by private act retrospectively alter statutory tax liability
6. › Whether grouping provisions to be applied to circumstances as they exist during relevant periods
7. › Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW), Pt 5
1. Trusts
2. › Discretionary trusts
3. › Disclaimer by discretionary object
4. › Whether discretionary object can disclaim rights under trust deed
5. › Whether disclaimer can operate retrospectively
6. › Effect of disclaimer on third party statutory rights
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Appeals
3. › Competency of appeal
4. › Whether s 102 of Taxation Administration Act 1996 (NSW) imposes time limit for appeals
5. › Whether leave to appeal required under s 103 of Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
6. › Distinction between appeal from answer to separate question and appeal from final orders

Quick Take

Practitioners advising discretionary trust objects and trustees should note that disclaimers by discretionary objects, even if effective at general law, cannot retrospectively defeat payroll tax grouping liabilities that have already accrued under the Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW).