Charitable Trusts & Not For Profits

Charitable trusts are set up to hold money or assets and carry out activities for the benefit of the community. Five main types of charitable trusts exist in Australia:

• Australian charitable trust
• General charitable trust
• Prescribed charitable trust
• Deductible gift recipient
• Prescribed private fund

There is also Not for Profit entities which have certain taxation benefits available to them, including:

• Income Tax
• Fringe Benefits Tax
• GST

This is a fast changing area with both the creation of the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission and ATO currently making changes for this sector.