News : Residential Property

Residential Property, Retirement

Retirement review has scope to evaluate policy

family home assets test

The review into retirement income will have the ability to assess current policies by gathering facts-based evidence including the exclusion of family homes from the assets test.

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ATO, Residential Property

Funds given push on first home savings scheme

First Home Super Saver

The ATO will contact superannuation funds that have lagged in their efforts to release funds to first home buyer members who have requested their savings.

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Residential Property

Residential property can be transferred to an SMSF

SMSF residential property

Residential property may be held in an SMSF if it is being used as part of a business, but trustees need to tread carefully when implementing such a strategy.

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Residential Property, Tax

Jurisdiction will set foreign purchaser tax position

Foreign purchaser duty SMSF

Advisers should pay attention to how the application of foreign purchaser duty to SMSFs differs between jurisdictions, an SMSF legal firm says.

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Residential Property

Joint property ownership opens asset loss risk

SMSF joint property ownership

Trustees need to be aware of the issues that can arise when their SMSF owns less than the whole interest in a property, a specialist legal firm says.

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Residential Property, Retirement

DomaCom unveils equity release product for retirees

DomaCom has launched the first equity release product for retirees that is available to financial advisers without requiring a real estate or credit licence.

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ATO, Property, Residential Property

ATO issues Aussiegolfa decision impact statement

The finding in the Aussiegolfa decision that deemed the SMSF trustee’s property held by fractional property investment house DomaCom is a separate trust will not have a significant impact on traditional multi-class managed funds, according to the ATO.

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Investments, Residential Property

DomaCom launches branded mortgage sub-fund

Fractional property investment company DomaCom today announced an allocation to two mortgage investments by its first branded mortgage fund with DFS Portfolio Solutions (DFSPS), allowing advisers to gain exposures within their client portfolios.

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ATO, Regulation, Residential Property

Aussiegolfa must not prompt related-party dealings

The ATO’s decision not to seek special leave to appeal the full Federal Court decision in Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Commissioner of Taxation in respect of the sole purpose test should not offer SMSFs comfort in thinking they can lease residential property to related parties, a financial planner has warned.

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Residential Property

DomaCom gets Federal Court victory

Fractional property investment house DomaCom has had the full Federal Court hand down a favourable decision with regard to the leasing to a related party of a property held in a sub-fund where an SMSF is the owner of units in the sub-fund.

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