Family Trust/Individual trustee- Car purchase

Discussion in 'Accounting & Tax' started by eki, 13th Dec, 2007.

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  1. eki

    eki New Member

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    As trustee of my family trust can I buy a car and claim the expenses?
     
  2. bundy1964

    bundy1964 Well-Known Member

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    If you do wave goodbye to most of your asset protection for the trust. Cars are high risk unfortunatly.
     
  3. Nigel Ward

    Nigel Ward Well-Known Member

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    Hi Eki

    The answer is yes you can, but why would you?

    Nick's the expert here but you'd need to use the car predominantly for business purposes (i.e. a business run by the trust) and there would be potential fringe benefits tax issues if you got a nice car.

    The point about asset protection is also a good one to raise. Whilst insurance is helpful, I wouldn't mix the car with passive investment assets.

    Cheers
    N