News : Property

Investments, Property

Property currently more an income play

Commercial property capital gains

Non-residential real estate is currently more likely to generate stronger returns from income than capital gains, a specialist commercial property lender has said.

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LRBA, Property

Title transfer not compulsory for LRBA paid property

LRBA property transfer

Trustees are not obliged to transfer property from a bare trust to their fund once the debt is paid off for SMSF-owned properties purchased via LRBAs, an SMSF expert says.

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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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Documentation, Property

Poor asset valuations not considering all factors

SMSF asset valuations

The source of asset valuations needs to be carefully considered with some providers overlooking key factors which may be later examined by the ATO.

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Property

TBC impacts real property holdings

transfer balance cap business property

Holding business real property inside an SMSF may not be as advantageous as it once was due to restrictions imposed by the transfer balance cap.

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Property

Victorian govt tightens grip on SMSF duty exemptions

Victorian SMSF duty exemptions

The Victorian State Revenue Office is drawing a hard line on the duty exemptions available to beneficiaries of SMSF-owned properties, DBA Lawyers says.

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Investments, Property, Superannuation

Making SMSF investments via unit trusts

SMSF investments unit trusts

A unit trust is a popular structure for holding property and other investments and this article examines numerous methods of how an SMSF may invest in a range of unit trusts. Multiple unitholders Many publicly offered managed investment funds are structured as unit trusts to allow multiple investors to invest in a diversified investment portfolio. […]

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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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Property, Tax

Downsizer contributions get separate SAR treatment

downsizer contributions; annual return

The 2019 SMSF annual return will contain a separate area for trustees to inform the ATO about downsizer contributions that have been made.

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Property, Retirement

Equity release may help keep super intact

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Equity release solutions should be used to reduce the rising number of Australians using their superannuation to ease mortgage debts.

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