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Super caps: Keep calm and carry on (for now)
The Treasurer's plan to limit concessional tax treatment within super at $3M comes without a lot of the details required for effective retirement planning....
Downsizer, NALE rule changes top shifting regulatory backdrop for SMSFs
Peter Burgess told the SMSF Association's National Conference the industry group has pushed for some of the developments, while it continues to oppose others,...
'Not a honeypot': ATO flags increase in illegal early access to super via SMSFs
The success and popularity of SMSFs has also given several hundred thousand people direct access to their retirement savings. More concerning, the ATO...
Super's purpose is preservation, not solving other problems: Jones
Speaking at the SMSF Association's National Conference, the assistant treasurer called out "modern-day Edmund Hillarys" seeking to raid Australia's "Mount...
SMSF sector poised for growth as millennials, Gen X opt for 'the Spotify of superannuation'
Despite a growth hiccup in 2022 the SMSF sector is trending in the right direction, with more younger people opting for choice in the way they manage their...
SMSF investors flock to longer term deposits, but Aussie equities still reign
The shift to healthy longer term deposits has begun, and while Australian equities still dominate SMSF portfolios the way they access them is changing.
Super tax breaks for mega-rich to cost $53 billion as calls for reform grow
Superannuation tax breaks will cost the government nearly $53 billion this year, nearly matching the cost of the entire age pension program, according to a new...
Treasury floats NALI rule change to stop unfair penalties for SMSFs
The federal government is seeking feedback on proposed changes to rules aimed at preventing non-arm's-length transactions by superannuation funds, in a bid to...
Death benefit litigation puts SMSF trustee role in focus
Litigation involving estate planning and superannuation is ramping up, with major impacts on self-managed super funds, and in particular trustee obligations....
'Absolutely too complex': SMSF body slams indexation rules amid cap increase
The likely 'double-bump' transfer balance cap increase to $1.9 million will exacerbate what is already an "overly complex" indexation rule that advisers have...
LRBA holders to ride property market out, despite volatility blip
Australians' penchant for property investment comes with the caveat that patience is a necessary virtue. This applies doubly so for fretful LRBA holders,...
Has there been a better time for retirees to invest?
Ever since the GFC interest rates around the world have been on a trajectory to zero, which acted as a proxy tax on investing for retirement for millions. But...
Death benefit litigation puts SMSF management in focus
Litigation involving estate planning and superannuation is ramping up, with major impacts on self-managed super funds, and in particular trustee obligations....
Tax deductibility review a ray of hope for adviser community
Advisers are rallying around the prospect of upfront advice fees becoming tax deductible after the ATO announced a review of Tax Determination 95/60.