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banks are okay with discretionary (family) trusts - but currently hate hybrid trusts due to a few yobbo cowboys trying to rip off the ato.

hmmmm - wondering if to buy/finance half the developments in hubby's name direct (all the tax deductable benefits, and no cgt due to paying out unit holder), and half in the hdt so that when the unit holder is paid out (hubby), and cgt is paid then the income comes to me .... then we have the...

looked at that - two problems being can't claim the losses until making a profit so cashflow becomes a problem, and when positive one would be paying 30c in the $$ from the first dollar of profit, instead of on a sliding scale ... unless profit paid as a dividend, which could work. but it's...

thanks for that kaf - didn't think of that side of things and will ask the accountant re this. we are looking at doing a couple of developments under the same hybrid trust to keep it in negative territory until we are ready to finish with paid employment, so it might be worth considering...

yes, we're looking again ... but due to past complications (that most of you know about) we have had poor structure setup in the past and even with my new accountant being on the ball, i don't know whether the advice really was the best for us .... so .... i'm after some opinions. we're...