The Tax Office lost its battle in the Federal Court on a ruling that charities can basically run any business and pays no tax on profits as long as they use those profits entirely for the charity or religion they represented. This means that they can run any business they like, as profitably as they like, without a tax bill. This can include retirement villages but also businesses associated with villages such as medical practices or travel agencies, as examples.
Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why
Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...