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Jacob Shteyman

Workaround for trusts to avoid restructuring stamp duty

Jim Chalmers has provided an alternative for small businesses worried about hefty stamp duty costs. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Businesses have been offered a workaround to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars on restructuring costs to dodge a new tax on trusts.

The 350,000-odd small businesses that use a discretionary trust were extended an olive branch on Thursday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who revealed a carve-out from costly stamp duties as a result of his budget tax changes.

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