Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Property

DomaCom retirement income role twofold

DomaCom retirement income

Fractional property investment manager DomaCom has stated it can play a dual role in improving the retirement incomes of average Australians.

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ATO, Investments, Superannuation

Trustee letters effect unknown

SMSF investment letters

The ATO has revealed the SMSF investment strategy is being treated with more importance, although the shift cannot be attributed to the compliance letters the regulator sent out on the subject last year.

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Financial Planning, Superannuation

Research won’t lift SMSF recommendations

cost research SMSF recommendations

Advisers will not be able to automatically recommend an SMSF for a client with a superannuation balance of $500,000 or above based on new research indicating these types of funds would be the most cost-effective for them, a strategy specialist has said.

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Auditing

Audit partners in firing line

SMSF audit partners

Specific senior executives from accounting firms should be wary if their organisation breaches the new auditor independence standards, a specialist practitioner has said.

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ATO, Property

Rent relief determination close

Rent relief determination

A legislative instrument determination from the ATO is imminent to address in-house asset-related issues arising from situations where SMSF landlords have granted rent relief to related-party tenants.

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ATO, Documentation

Asset valuation breaches spike

Asset valuation breaches SMSF

Compliance breaches regarding the valuation of SMSF assets have risen significantly over the past few years, the ATO has revealed.

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Superannuation

Small SMSFs develop rapidly

low balances SMSFs

The latest industry research has shown SMSFs with low balances grow to levels allowing them to become cost-efficient very quickly.

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Superannuation

SMSFs are cost-competitive

SMSFs running costs

SMSFs with balances of $200,000 or more are as cost-effective as public offer funds, new research has shown.

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Retirement, Superannuation

Industry bodies highlight specific report areas

retirement report

The financial services industry bodies have highlighted specific areas of the Retirement Incomes Review for specific scrutiny but have all in the main welcomed the report.

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Residential Property, Superannuation

Changes needed for equity release solution

equity release retirement income

Certain aspects of the domestic financial aspect have to change if the home equity release is to play a larger role in people’s retirement incomes as suggested in the government’s Retirement Income Review, a university professor has said.

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