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Austman
Flatchatter

    I don’t think those are valid any more Lady P.

    One is an old 2009 document while the other is for bodies corporate in general (not specifically strata).

    When I looked at this as close as I could it seems that it’s Tax Ruling TR 2015/D1 that became TR 2015/3 that specifically applies to “strata title bodies constituted under strata title legislation”:

    http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?locid=%27TXR/TR20153/NAT/ATO%27&PiT=99991231235958

    Ruling

    22. A strata title body will not be taxed as a non-profit company even if it includes non-profit clauses in its by-laws.

    It’s explained in many places, but here is an example:

    http://www.bannermans.com.au/strata/articles/strata/366-important-tax-update-new-draft-ruling-for-strata-schemes

    Tax status – a strata owners corporation will be taxed as a “for profit” company …

    It seems that after that 2015 tax ruling OC/BCs are now always classed as “for profit” organisations.  And that mean the $75,000 GST threshold now always applies.