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John Story

Martyr

Aug 25, 2026

30:46
Yeah.
30:46
The second chip went off the green, so the third guy had it in the bag.
30:52
He's standing there.
30:53
He goes, he goes a couple practice swings, steps up to the ball, and just stops.
31:00
Everybody's looking around like, "What?" He says, "Oh, I whiffed." Oh.

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55:38
I've seen that happen lately.
55:39
You know, everybody's been close.
55:41
I, I was playing as Greg's partner last Friday, and, uh, he was awfully close on seven, which would've been great because you would have him with a hole in one, then you'd have Dave, then you'd have... [laughs]
17:25
In what way do they, they, they basically exceed the outcome?
17:32
Thanks, Ross.
17:33
Um, well, the stated policy objective is to tackle income splitting.
17:38
That is when trusts distribute income to more than one adult beneficiary, and they each get the benefit of the tax-free threshold and the lower personal income tax rates at the bottom of the tax scale.
17:51
That's the, that's the target.
17:52
But these changes go far beyond that.
17:55
There are about a million trusts, a- according to ATO records last year, um, that lodged a tax return.
18:55
Was there a better way for the government to implement rules to prevent the income splitting but to allow the trust to remain to protect assets?

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