News

Estate Planning, SMSF

Proper BDBN commitment required

An estate planning strategy can achieve the desired outcome if the trustees involved respect all aspects of the chosen course of action.

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NALI/NALE, Property

Undervalued trust units a NALI risk

trust NALI

SMSFs purchasing low value stakes in interposed entities to develop property will need to prove they were at market value to avoid breaching NALI provisions.

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Regulation, SMSF, Tax

Imputation system changes bad for SMSFs

Franking credits

The proposed changes to the franking credits regime could have a significant impact on trustees who rely on the credits to benefit from lower taxation rates offered by their SMSFs.

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ASIC, Compliance, financial advice

External information can lower risk

ASIC

Pointing clients to investment guidance provided by organisations such as ASIC is a good way to minimising the risk of an advisory practice.

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ATO, Property

Home purchase schemes a concern

ATO residential property scheme SMSF

Schemes promoting the use of an SMSF to purchase a residential home for use by fund members have been flagged by the ATO as likely breaching a number of superannuation laws.

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Contributions, Downsizer, SMSF, Strategy

Downsizer delay may be wiser

Downsizer contributions

Trustees should consider saving their ability to use the downsizer contribution and utilise their non-concessional contribution caps first, given recent rule changes.

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ETFs

Global X launches commodity ETF

Global X commodity ETF

Global X has partnered with Bloomberg to release a commodity focused ETF designed to have a low correlation with equity and bond prices.

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Property, SMSF, Trusts

Business property leases critical

Business real property leases

Advisers need to satisfy all elements involved when looking to comply with the in-house asset rules relating to commercial property.

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financial advice, Regulation, SMSFA

Levy to address SMSFA tech summit

Quality of advice review

The author of the Quality of Advice Review report Michelle Levy will unpack the government’s response to it at this year’s SMSF Association Technical Summit.

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SuperStream

ESA providers to merge

ESA providers merge

Two electronic service address (ESA) providers will merge requiring SMSFs using their messaging services to update their details with the ATO.

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