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What the Budget means RIGHT NOW for personal deductible contributions

What the Budget means RIGHT NOW for personal deductible contributions

The recent Federal Budget promised to simplify and streamline the rules on personal deductible superannuation contributions. This is welcome news and I commend the government for this announced change. However, the change won’t take effect until the 2018 financial year. Further, given the upcoming election, it’s also possible that a new government will be elected [read more]

Spotlight on concessional contributions

Spotlight on concessional contributions

The May 2016 budget proposals have generated an incredible amount of commentary, not only from industry participants, but also from the mainstream media outlets. There is no doubting the importance of superannuation and the role it plays for many in ensuring they have an adequate standard of living in retirement. This article considers the impact [read more]

Tips and traps on transferring life estate interests to an SMSF

Tips and traps on transferring life estate interests to an SMSF

There has been recent press publicity regarding SMSF members transferring life estate interests in business real property (‘BRP’) by way of an in kind or ‘in specie’ contributions to self managed superannuation funds (‘SMSF’). This article briefly examines some of the key points relating to these transactions and provides an update on my latest experience [read more]

Amendments To The Superannuation Guarantee Charge

Amendments To The Superannuation Guarantee Charge

In an attempt to simplify the SG regime, and reduce the penalties associated with the SGC, the Government has introduced the draft Superannuation Guarantee Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, which if passed, will apply from 1 July 2016. This article will consider the key amendments proposed, and give some practical examples of the difficulties of [read more]

SuperStream-latest-developments

SuperStream — impact on SMSFs

This article is to update you on my prior articles on SuperStream available at: SuperStream — latest developments Superannuation funds All regulated superannuation funds must generally have an electronic service address (‘ESA’) to receive contributions, rollovers and data in accordance with SuperStream. Broadly, SuperStream refers to the payment and data standards that superannuation funds must [read more]

QROPS UK changes impact SMSFs deeds

QROPS UK changes impact SMSFs deeds

The United Kingdom (‘UK’) tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (‘HMRC’), has recently notified superannuation funds in Australia (including SMSFs) that are registered as Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) of new UK regulations that apply from 6 April 2015. Broadly, the new UK regulations require, among other things, that the fund rules do not [read more]