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a hidden gem in new draft legislation

A hidden gem in new draft legislation

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]

transfer balance cap explained

The $1.6 million transfer balance cap explained

Introduction The Department of Treasury on 27 September 2016 released the second tranche of exposure draft legislation and explanatory material in relation to the Federal Government’s proposed superannuation reforms. These materials provide long-awaited detail on the workings of the $1.6 million transfer balance cap measure. This article explains some key take-away points about this measure. [read more]

draft legislation released

Draft legislation released for the $1.6 million transfer balance cap: what does it mean for succession planning?

Treasury has released the exposure draft of the Bill that would introduce the $1.6 million transfer balance cap. The draft legislation answers a vital question: what does the $1.6 million transfer balance cap mean for succession planning? (Note that this article is premised on the very dangerous assumption that the ultimate legislation will look exactly [read more]

annual update service page update with tutorial

Annual Update Service: video demo

We have added a user-friendly tutorial video on our website that will guide you through using our Annual Update Service for the first time, or, if you are already a user and haven’t logged on to the Annual Update Service in a while then it could be handy to catch up and take a minute [read more]

revised contribution proposals

Revised contribution proposals

By: Daniel Butler, Director, DBA Lawyers On 15 September 2016 the Government, following four months of considerable adverse feedback on its $500,000 lifetime non-concessional contributions (‘NCCs’) cap proposal announced on 3 May 2016, has decided to drop this measure (which was retroactive to 1 July 2007) for a more palatable and prospective contributions limit that [read more]