Articles by Jason Spits

Retirement

Single issue focus on retirement income lacks context

retirement income

The retirement income stream does need to be reviewed in its entirety, but focusing on single issues is misleading, according to a superannuation research group.

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Pensions

Pension income bonus from deeming rates

pension income deeming rates

The government’s decision to reduce deeming rates will see part-pensioners increase their income, according to analysis performed by AMP.

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Retirement

Home equity release product adds lump sum facility

home equity lump sum

Specialist funding provider Household Capital has launched a new drawdown loan facility providing retirees with a lump sum and income stream component.

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Business News

Best SMSF service providers for 2019 awarded

SMSF service providers awarded

The leading service providers to SMSF advisers have been named by selfmanagedsuper for the seventh consecutive year.

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Property, Superannuation

Foreign purchaser duty may hit overseas-born trustees

foreign purchaser duty overseas-born trustees

SMSFs with New Zealand-born trustees may be considered as foreign trusts if the trustees don’t hold a residency visa at the appropriate time.

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ATO, Investments, Superannuation

ATO requests SMSFs show detailed investment strategy

ATO SMSFs investment strategy

The ATO will ask some SMSFs to produce detailed investment strategies to justify why their investments are held in single assets.

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Administration, ATO

ATO ends use of spreadsheet TBARs

spreadsheet TBARs

SMSF advisers will be forced to use online tools to lodge transfer balance account reports after the ATO announced it will no longer accept spreadsheet-based reports after 31 October.

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Compliance, Superannuation

Trustees reminded to self-report SMSF breaches

SMSF trustees contraventions ATO

The ATO has given SMSF trustees a reminder to self-report any contraventions, but also to be prepared to come with solutions when seeking its help.

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Compliance, Investments

Investment strategies doing bare minimum for SMSFs

SMSF investment strategies compliance

Investment strategies are being used to meet compliance hurdles and not fund member outcomes, despite clear guidance being provided on their use.

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Compliance, FASEA

Govt progresses new adviser disciplinary body

new adviser disciplinary body

Advisers will fall under a new single body tasked with their registration and discipline as the government pushes further ahead with its responses to last year’s royal commission.

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