Articles by Jason Spits

Commercial Property, LRBA

LRBAs should be retained for commercial property

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LRBAs should be retained for commercial property investments, which have exhibited few of the issues associated with residential property, according to a specialist lender.

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Appointments, Superannuation

Ripoll joins SMSF Association board

Bernie Ripoll has joined the board of the SMSF Association stepping up from a previous role within the organisation.

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Retirement, Superannuation

Ongoing contributions best for closing super gender gap

Ongoing super contributions are the better way to close the super gender gap than increased savings later in life, according to new research.

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Superannuation, Tax

Franking credits the icing, not the whole cake

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Australian share market returns will remain strong without franking credit refunds, which should be considered as the “icing on the cake” of investing in local equities.

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Accounting, Tax

Accountants slam Shorten over deduction ‘rort’ remark

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Two accounting bodies have hit back at Bill Shorten for labelling deductions for managing tax affairs as a ‘rort’ and promising to limit them to $3000.

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Regulation, Retirement, Superannuation

Call for stability in super election policies

A representative group for retirees has called for a consistent approach to superannuation from the next federal government to overcome a lack of confidence in the sector.

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Accounting

SMSF Party falls short of registration deadline

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The SMSF Party has fallen short in its attempt to become a registered party before the 18 May federal election, after it failed to demonstrate it had sufficient voting members.

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Appointments

Slattery ends 16 year link with SMSF Association

Andrea Slattery

The co-founder and inaugural chief executive of the SMSF Association has ended her 16 year connection with the body, resigning as a non-executive director.

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ATO, Tax

Pushback begins on deduction limit for tax affairs

Efforts by the ATO to limit deductions by SMSF trustees for managing their tax affairs are meeting early resistance and should be overturned, according to a specialist SMSF adviser.

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Superannuation, Tax

Franking credit data set questioned

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Data used to project the cost of the removal of franking credit refunds has been questioned with concerns that it failed to include the impact of the transfer balance cap.

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