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Weighing the lucrative expat lifestyle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... part of its housing affordability package, the Government is stripping the main residence exemption (MRE) from capital gains tax (CGT). "Even though only 30% of Australian expats own property back in Australia, the recent changes have deterred 40% of ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... services professionals from IOOF and BT Financial Group presented case studies based on two topics: distributing capital gains tax exempt proceeds out of a company structure and aged care. The audience of about 50 included technical services managers ...

BTFG boss backs PC super proposals

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... small and underperforming products off the market. Same for fund mergers having provision for permanent gains capital gains tax relief. "Any superannuation fund that believes it performs strongly, is well governed and delivers good member outcomes should ...

Parametric wins $60m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... tax management strategy involves considerations including differentiating between stocks eligible for a 10% capital gains tax rate on gains realised and stocks that attract the non-concessional rate of 15%; applying intelligent tax lot selection to individual ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... tax management strategy involves considerations including differentiating between stocks eligible for a 10% capital gains tax rate on gains realised and stocks that attract the non-concessional rate of 15%; applying intelligent tax lot selection to individual ...

GBST and super fund collaborate for tax relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... current tax system to the new regime, providing transparency and audit functionality in managing and calculating capital gains tax. Under the latest reforms, complying super funds receive CGT relief for capital gains accumulated before 1 July 2017. While ...

Housing affordability fuelling negative gearing backlash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... mortgage in retirement," she said. Scheerlinck called for a re-examination of the role of negative gearing and Capital Gains Tax concessions, which have been proven to fuel house prices and direct tax expenditure into unproductive assets. "Unlike superannuation ...

Australia ticks boxes for ultra-high-net-worth individuals

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... month, Treasury released a draft paper detailing proposed legislation to remove the main residence exemption for capital gains tax for foreign residents, the report said. Australia "ticks all the boxes" for investors looking for large-scale land holdings ...

Tax strategies boost retirement savings: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
Tax-efficient strategies can boost retirement savings by more than $200,000 from accumulation to retirement phase, according to Parametric. The firm's latest research debunks the myth that trying to achieve tax efficiency within a super fund's equity ...

FTSE Russell partners with $7bn super fund to create new indices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... returns for superannuation members." The indices project returns that take into account the deduction of both capital gains tax and withholding tax, which FTSE Russell said "enables funds to accurately measure after-tax investment performance against ...