Articles by Jason Spits

Superannuation

Super nest eggs retained for ageing, health

superannuation aged care health

Compulsory superannuation has been recognised as the key driver to build retirement savings, but most retirees plan to keep it for future health needs.

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Property

Business real property use must be fixed

Business real property use

SMSFs looking to hold business real property cannot fiddle with its use and must ensure its status was and will remain fixed.

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Financial Planning

Industry welcomes QAR proposals

Advice review proposals

Proposals from the Quality of Advice Review to shift advice away from compliance to consumers have been welcomed by a broad swathe of the advice sector.

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Estate Planning

Divorce raises estate planning questions

Divorce estate planning SMSF

SMSF trustees must consider estate planning when divorcing as binding nominations may see their former partner act for them on their death.

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Superannuation

Let everyone know who the best are

SMSF service providers

SMSF practitioners are key users of service providers and are invited to tell us which firms have led the way in the past year.

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Financial Planning

Good advice not tied to documents, processes

advice regulation content

The Quality of Advice Review has suggested regulation should focus on the content of advice instead of documents and processes.

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Death benefits

Sort death benefits at start of divorce action

death benefits divorce

Death benefits should be addressed at the outset of a marital split to prevent former partners receiving monies that are no longer intended for them.

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Superannuation

SMSF asset growth unsurprising

SMSF asset growth

The SMSF Association claims ongoing growth in fund assets is not unexpected and highlights the resilience of the sector.

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ATO, Compliance

ATO corporate trustee disqualification upheld

corporate SMSF trustee disqualification

The director of a corporate trustee who illegally accessed nearly $900,000 of superannuation has lost an appeal to have their disqualification overturned.

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Property

Business real property use must be restricted

business real property use

SMSFs with business real property are not required to use every part of it as long as they can show it is not being used for any other purpose.

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