Articles by Jason Spits

Property, Retirement

Downsizers tip $1b into super

Australians have used superannuation concessions for people downsizing their homes to make $1 billion of contributions into funds in the past year.

Older Australians have taken advantage of superannuation contributions for people downsizing their homes by moving $1 billion into their funds in the past year.

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Investments, Retirement

Franking credits an income buffer but not solution

franking credits; income streams;

Franking credit refunds have boosted retiree incomes, but new solutions are required to offset the low interest rate environment.

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LRBA, Property

Stay within safe harbour with LRBAs

LRBA; safe harbour; Division 7A

SMSFs should keep an eye on both the safe harbour guidelines and Division 7A to ensure loans made to the fund are not treated as contributions.

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Retirement, Strategy

Aged care skills needed to meet ethics code

Aged care; ethics; financial advisers

Financial advisers who fail to consider aged care as part of their advice offering may be in breach of ethics requirements set down by FASEA.

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Direct Property, LRBA

Safe harbour rate anomaly surfaces

SMSF; Safe harbour; rate

SMSFs with limited recourse borrowing arrangements may face higher interest rates under the safe harbour terms than those available in the market, a technical expert has warned.

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Education, FASEA

FASEA approves credit for SMSF specialist course

SMSF; FASEA; credit; specialist

SMSF advisers holding a specialist designation will be given credit towards meeting the new FASEA education standards.

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Pensions, Retirement, Superannuation

Super growth reducing age pension drawdown

The growth of superannuation assets has resulted in less than half of new retirees drawing on the age pension last year, and only one-quarter accessing the full amount available to them.

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ASIC, ATO, Compliance, Regulation

Evidence needed to back SMSF review calls

SMSF; review

Calls for a review of the SMSF sector need to be backed with evidence, the SMSF Association has stated, pointing out four reviews have yet to flag major concerns.

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Education, FASEA

Document familiarity critical in FASEA exam

Advisers have recommended their peers be familiar with the location of information in the documents supplied in the FASEA exam to save time and complete the exercise.

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Regulation, Superannuation, Tax

Super policies still causing confusion after poll

SMSF advisers need to inform clients as to what superannuation policies now apply to prevent any confusion they may still have after the federal election.

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