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Client Information Bulletin | February 2026

February 17, 2026 Bianca Steer

Topics covered in this edition of our Client Information Bulletin are:

New Law
What is the ATO saying?
Electric vehicles and FBT
Key tax dates

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No.108: ATO Issues Draft Guidance on Holiday Homes and Rental Deductions — What You Should Know

Client Alerts

No.108: ATO Issues Draft Guidance on Holiday Homes and Rental Deductions — What You Should Know
No. 107: Changes Announced to Proposed Division 296 tax
No. 106: ATO General Interest Charge and Shortfall Interest Charge no longer tax deductible from 1 July 2025
No.105: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2025/26
No.104: Federal Court rules against ATO in tax case regarding Unpaid Present Entitlements owing to company beneficiaries
No.103: Vacant Residential Land Tax (Victoria)
No.102: Short Stay Levy in Victoria: What You Need to Know
No.101: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2024/2025
No.100: Vacant Residential Land Tax
No.99: Superannuation Update
No.98: SMSFs – The importance of valuing your assets
No.97: Substantial increase to SMSF pensions for the 2024 year
No.96: Victorian State Budget 2023-2024
No.95: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2023/2024
No.94: Labor Government Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2022/2023
No. 93: Are you a company director? Time is running out to get your Director ID number
No.92: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2022/2023
No.91: ATO Draft Ruling issued impacting Taxation of Trust Distributions
No.90: Important update for visitors to Blaze Acumen’s office
No.89: Valuation of property and unlisted investments
No.88: Director Identification Number (Director ID)
No.87: Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate increase to 10% from 1 July 2021
No.86: Further Victorian Business Support Announced
No.85: Superannuation Bulletin | Contributions & Pensions
No.84: Draft legislation for changes to employee share scheme
No.83: NSW COVID-19 Support Packages
No.82: COVID-19 circuit breaker update – Blaze Acumen business as usual
No.81: Victoria State Budget 2021-2022
No.80: Victoria State Budget to include property tax hikes
No.79: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2021-22
No.78: 2021/22 Federal Budget Highlights, 10 May 2021
No.77: 2021 COVID Land Tax Relief
No.76: Full Detailed Federal Budget Report 2020-21
No.75: 2020/21 Federal Budget Highlights, 6 October 2020
No.74: Victorian State Government Business Grants
No.73 JobKeeper Extended to 28 March 2021
No 72. COVID-19 Latest Updates – JobKeeper Extension further changes announced
No.71: 2020 SMSF Compliance Renewed auditor focus and ATO scrutiny
NO.70: Director Identification Numbers (DIN)
No 69. COVID-19 Latest Updates – JobKeeper Extension
No 68. Revised start dates for technical taxation and superannuation measures
No. 67 Catch up Carried Forward Unused Concessional Contribution Cap Amounts
No.66 Australian Government announces Incentives for Philanthropic Funds to provide more support to donation recipients
No.65 COVID-19 Latest Updates – JobKeeper Payment
No.64 COVID-19 Latest Updates – JobKeeper Payment
No.63 COVID-19 Update – JobKeeper Payment
No. 62 COVID-19 Update – Superannuation Edition
No.61 COVID-19 Update – Response from the State Governments
No.60 COVID-19 Update – Federal Government Expands Economic Stimulus Package
No. 59 COVID-19 Update – Government Economic Stimulus Package
No. 58 Changes to Victorian Foreign Purchaser Additional Duty and discretionary trusts
No. 57: Removal of land tax exemption for contiguous land attached to a principal place of residence
No. 56: Your Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) status will change if its income tax return is overdue
No.55: 2019/20 Federal Budget Highlights, 2 April 2019
No 54: Government’s proposal to reduce reporting burden by doubling financial reporting thresholds
No. 53: Company Income Tax & Franking Changes
No 52: Tax scammers impersonating Tax Agents demanding payments of fake ATO debts
No.51: 2018/19 Federal Budget Highlights, 8 May 2018
No. 50: Proposed changes to GST Withholding on residential property transactions
No. 49 – New GST withholding and notification rules on property transactions
No.48: Phoenix Reforms and Director Identification Numbers
No.47: Small Business Companies Income Tax Rate
No.46: Concessional Contributions Cap for 2018 Year
No.45: Foreign resident capital gains withholding payments
No.44: 2017/18 Federal Budget highlights, 9 May 2017
No.43: Fringe Benefits Tax Update 2017
No.42: Superannuation Reform Package
No.41: Changes to 2016 Budget super announcements
No.40: New Office
No.39: Tax scams demanding payment of fake ATO debts
No.38: Private Ancillary Fund Update
No.37: Non-resident CGT withholding clearance certificates
No.36: 2016/17 Federal Budget highlights, 4 May 2016
No.35: Foreign resident capital gains withholding payments
No.34: Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements ATO guidelines
No.33: SMSFs – ATO’s warning on dividend stripping arrangements
No.32: ATO changes to paper correspondence
No.31: Federal Budget Summary 2015
No.30: ATO Phone Scams
No.29: Changes to Thin Capitalisation Rules
No.28: Update on Dividend Washing
No.27: SuperStream – New rules for super contributions
No.26: Record keeping for Capital Gains Tax
No.25: Federal Budget Summary 2014
No.24: Dividend Washing
No.23: ATO Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
No.22: New Super Contribution Reporting & Payment Standard
No.21: Monthly PAYG Instalments
No.20: Bank account details for ATO refunds
No.19: Means testing of the private health insurance rebate
No.18: TFN Reports for closely held Trusts
No.17: Federal Budget Summary 2013
No 16: Trustee action required by 30 June 2013
No 15: Superannuation planning for businesses
No 14: Government announces reforms to superannuation
No 13: Failure to lodge on time (FTL) penalty increase
No 12: Failing to meet minimum pension requirements
No 11: SMSF Changes to be aware of
No 10: TFN Reports for Closely held Trusts – due 31 July 2012
No 9: Private Health Insurance premiums to be means tested
No 8: Urgent Issues for Trusts – Action required by 30 June 2012
No 7: Trusts – Present Entitlement to Income and Trustee Resolutions
No 6: TFN Withholding for Closely held Trusts
No.5: Clarification regarding streaming 2011 Federal Budget Update
No 4: ATO final ruling/practice statement on UPEs owing to companies
No 3: Excess contributions tax
No 2: ATO Draft ruling on unpaid trust entitlements owing to companies
No 1: ATO looking to attack trust distributions to companies

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