Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Superannuation

Accounting bodies raise bill objections

Your Super bill objections

CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand have raised concerns about a superannuation bill in a joint Senate committee submission.

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Strategy, Superannuation

Peak TBA level fixes indexation

Peak TBA indexation

The highest recorded transfer balance account amount determines how much of the transfer balance cap indexation an individual is entitled to use.

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Tax

Family allowance a tax win in death

family allowance tax benefit

The establishment of a family allowance arrangement can result in a better tax outcome for the recipients of an SMSF death benefit.

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Pensions

Drawdown path important in bankruptcy

SMSF drawdown bankruptcy

Advisers should be aware the drawdown method used by an individual can influence how effective an asset protection vehicle an SMSF can be in the event of a member being declared bankrupt.

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Documentation

TBA source of truth not myGov

TBA indexation

A recent poll has shown the majority of practitioners will not be using the myGov portal as their main source of truth when monitoring client transfer balance accounts post indexation.

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Appointments, Business News

AFA CEO concludes his term

AFA Kewin step down

Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Philip Kewin has decided to step down from his position after four years at the helm of the industry body.

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Platforms

WealthO2 to aid SMSF client retention

Wealth02 SMSF client

Platform provider WealthO2 is developing functionality that should assist advisers to retain their SMSF clients.

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Strategy, Superannuation

Contributions cap breach not catastrophic

Contributions cap breach

A breach of the contributions caps is not a complete disaster as it does not even constitute contravening the superannuation legislation.

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ASIC

Court finds against Mayfair advertising

mayfair advertising

The Federal Court has ruled Mayfair 101 Group made false, misleading and deceptive statements in regard to the marketing campaign for its debenture products.

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Superannuation, Tax

Six members may net tax benefit

six-member SMSF tax benefit

A tax benefit may result from the pending legislation that will increase the maximum number of SMSF members from four to six.

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