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ATO, Tax

Tax case law has NALE solution

Tax case law NALE

Established and tested tax case law should inform how the ATO will treat non-arm’s-length expenditure (NALE) within an SMSF, an SMSF lawyer has suggested.

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ATO, Tax

Excess transfer balance cap excuses rejected

excess transfer balance tax

Trustees have yet to find an acceptable reason to avoid excess transfer balance tax with recent cases proving the onus lay with them to get it right.

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ATO, Superannuation, Tax

Trustees unaware of ENCC repayment options

trustees excess contribution

Trustees may be unaware they could pay too much to the ATO when responding to excess non-concessional contribution determinations and need to review the options presented to them.

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LRBA, Tax

LRBA loans drive SMSFs to safe harbour

LRBA SMSFs safe harbour

SMSFs relying on related-party loans may be forced to user higher safe harbour interest rates to prevent income being taxed at 45 per cent.

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ATO, Retirement, Tax

ATO seeks help on tax avoidance

ATO retirement schemes tax

The ATO has flagged a number of retirement planning schemes that may be involved in tax avoidance and has asked trustees and advisers to report their promotion.

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ATO, Superannuation, Tax

TBC indexation may take place in 2020

TBC indexation

The ATO has told trustees the expected indexation of the general TBC could occur as early as mid-2020.

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Superannuation, Tax

Review should examine super tax concessions

retirement tax concessions superannuation

The retirement income review should consider if tax concessions for superannuation are ultimately being used to fund housing in retirement.

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Pensions, Superannuation, Tax

Trustees still not clear on TBCs

Trustees still not clear on transfer balance caps

The tax implications of TBCs are still not understood by many trustees, an SMSF expert says.

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Tax

Tax incentives remain important

Tax incentives remain important

Tax incentives will still be a significant contributing factor in the bid to encourage people to save enough money to fund their own retirement, according to Treasury.

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Superannuation, Tax

Don’t ignore death tax until death bed

SMSF death tax

SMSF advisers need to discuss the reality of death taxes when setting up a fund to avoid difficult conversations at time of a member’s death.

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