Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Investments, LICs

Metrics launches credit LIT

A listed investment trust has been launched offering an avenue to invest in private credit assets.

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Strategy, Tax

Allowance a more solid link to dependency

A sector expert has suggested the payment of an allowance as opposed to specific expenses is a more prudent method of establishing financial dependency and the associated favourable tax treatment in the event of an SMSF death benefit being paid.

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Pensions, Strategy

Pension phase may become redundant

Should the Labor Party’s change to the franking credit system be introduced as law, it may no longer be beneficial to have an SMSF that is purely in pension phase, a sector specialist has said.

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Documentation, Tax

Testamentary discretionary trust death benefit bonus

SMSF death benefits can be better protected from external threats and receive more favourable tax treatment with the use of a testamentary discretionary trust.

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Property, Retirement

Home equity release product to aid retirement

Individuals looking to top up their superannuation balances and fund other financial requirements in retirement now have a new facility to do so.

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ATO, Superannuation

ATO rectifies two recent errors

Two recently detected documentation errors have been addressed by the ATO.

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ASIC

ASIC’s rejection of licence application upheld

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld an Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to reject an application for an Australian financial services licence by an SMSF service provide.

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Administration, Compliance, Platforms

Migration main focus for SuperConcepts

New SuperConcepts chief executive Adrian Urquhart has nominated service consolidation and growth as his key priorities.

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Superannuation

Early release on compassionate grounds misconstrued

The ATO has revealed the circumstances allowing the early release of superannuation benefits on compassionate grounds in general have been misunderstood.

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From the Editor

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Despite how far SMSFs have developed, it was disappointing to see how far some of our elected officials and other industry heavyweights are lagging behind the sector.

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