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KARL3000(Initiate)Initiate
29 July 2025

I plan to buy a new vehicle under my discretionary trust which is 50% member/partner of a trading Partnership, the business is selling tools and equipment. But I chose not to buy vehicle under the Partnership.


the trust is currently not registered for GST yet, and I want to register GST soon to buy new vehicle to claim some GST credit. i will do logbook records for 12 weeks for the new vehicle to work out correct % for business. i think about 80%

is it legitimate to temporarily register GST for the trust to claim GST on my new vehicle and cancel GST later if no longer need? of course, i have proper tax invoice of vehicle from dealer and use a lot for business and believe the trust is considered as an 'enterprise' in this case.


Please advise.


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MPrivate(Superuser)Superuser
29 July 2025

Hi,

it could be legitimate, but may not be worth the complications.

You can find out what happens when you cancel GST registration here.

There are a few other questions:

  • What enterprise would the trust be actually running except for owning a vehicle?
  • You would need to account for private use ~20% - paying this back to the trust or count as distribution from the trust.

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