Some may think that property development in an SMSF contravenes superannuation law. However, that is overstating the position. There is no blanket ban on property development in SMSFs. Rather, like many investments an SMSF can make, the key to compliance is on how the investment occurs. Extreme caution should be exercised before and during, since [read more]
Co-Author Bryce Figot, Special Counsel, DBA Lawyers Treasury recently released some potentially game-changing exposure draft legislation in relation to limited recourse borrowing arrangements (‘LRBAs’) and their interaction with the transfer balance cap and total superannuation balance provisions. These are significant changes for Fund trustees considering entering into an LRBA in the future. Importantly, the amendments [read more]
By: Daniel Butler, Director and Philippa Briglia, Lawyer, DBA Lawyers The ATO recently released PCG 2016/5 frequently asked questions, which serves as a handy reminder of the 31 January 2017 deadline. Following the release of PCG 2016/5 in April 2016, the ATO initially required each SMSF trustee with a non-bank limited recourse borrowing arrangement (‘LRBAs’) [read more]
By: Daniel Butler, Director and Rebecca James, Special Counsel Overview of TD 2016/16 The Australian Taxation Office (‘ATO’) released Taxation Determination TD 2016/16 — Income tax: will the ordinary or statutory income of a self-managed superannuation fund be non-arm’s length income under subsection 295-550(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) when the parties to [read more]
On Friday 14 October 2016, Treasury released the third tranche of draft legislation to implement the announcements in the Federal Budget. The principal component of this tranche was the new non-concessional contribution rules. Hidden in the legislation is a very important concession. I envisage that advisers will only need to apply it a handful of times [read more]
ATO extends the deadline to 31 January 2017 The ATO extension to 31 January 2017 is most welcome to alleviate the concerns that many SMSFs are facing in view of the need to act swiftly to clean up related party and non-bank limited recourse borrowing arrangements (‘LRBA’). Many SMSFs in particular have had to look [read more]
All SMSF LRBAs where the lender is not a financial institution might need to take urgent action by 30 June 2016 or possibly face significant tax bills. We have previously written about this. We have drafted a free tool for non-arm’s length LRBAs. This tool is designed for advisers to use to contact their clients. [read more]
The ATO have released important information detailing interest rates, loan-to-value ratios (‘LVRs’) and other terms that constitute safe harbours for SMSF limited recourse borrowing arrangements (‘LRBAs’) so that arrangements will be taken to be consistent with an arm’s length dealing. The ATO is officially calling their release a ‘Practical Compliance Guideline’. Broadly speaking, LRBAs consistent [read more]
Through ATO ID 2015/27 and ATO ID 2015/28 the ATO seem to have cemented their position in relation to the application of s 295-550 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) to related party limited recourse borrowing arrangements (‘LRBAs’). Importantly, the ATO has since confirmed that their approach to this issue in future private [read more]
The last 12 months have been a roller coaster ride for SMSF limited recourse borrowing arrangements. I thought I’d take the opportunity to re-cap what’s happened. FSI The biggest change — or more accurately the biggest non-change — is the government’s decision not to action the recommendation coming out of the Financial System Inquiry. The [read more]
