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Tax
Company Directors & Gainful Employment
It is a well established principle that company directors are not considered common law employees, unless they are also engaged ...
Tax
CGT relief – five traps emerging at the pointy end of the year
We are definitely at the business end of 2017/18 when it comes to discovering just where the submerged rocks lie for CGT relief ...
Memo
Super Concepts buys More Super
It was pretty big news in SMSF circles today when SuperConcepts announced they had bought More Super. SuperConcepts (AMP) is ...
Tax
ECPI - capital gains and losses in funds that cannot be “segregated”
One of the many benefits traditionally enjoyed by funds entirely in pension phase was that when an asset was sold, any capital ...
Death
Death and transfer balance cap reporting
A question that has already come up in our practice several times relates to clients who died before 1 July 2017. In ...
LRBA
Government reaffirms commitment to ensure LRBAs aren’t used to circumvent contribution caps
Draft legislation has been released for comment aimed at closing off two avenues in which the Government considers LRBAs could ...
Property
Downsizer contributions and First Home Saver Superannuation Scheme (FHSSS) passed
The Bills necessary to make both the above measures law have now received Royal Assent. Both were May 2017 budget measures and ...
Tax
Segregating in SMSFs beyond 1 July 2017
Understanding when a fund is "segregated" for tax purposes is critical in applying the tax rules to SMSFs providing pensions. ...
Legislation
ECPI - What is different in 2017/18?
The terms "segregated" and "pooled" (or "unsegregated") have been part of the superannuation landscape for 30 years (since ...
Pension
TBAR deadlines for SMSFs - the final verdict
The timing of TBARs (Transfer Balance Account Reports) for SMSFs has been hotly debated ever since the ATO first flagged its ...
