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Traditional advice strategies pose retirement risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... the investments in one person's name will cause issues in the future. In particular, there may be significant capital gains tax on the sale of shares or property. It can also cause problems when both have retired, if all the income is in one person's ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Office, bitcoin valued less than $10,000 will not be subject to tax. However, if it is held as an investment, capital gains tax on any profits must be paid upon disposal; carrying on a business using bitcoins as a barter of exchange will be subject to ...

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... invest. Only 14% have put plans to invest on hold in the wake of proposals to ban negative gearing and reduce capital gains tax exemptions. "The optimism is consistent with the fact that investors focus on the long-term wealth benefits of real estate. ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... executor is; binding death benefit nomination for superannuation; arrangements around specific endowments; and capital gains tax and ensuring any consequences are sufficiently managed. Just last week a judge in the Queensland Supreme Court deemed an ...

Advisers searching for LRBA answers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... further consultation." In the previous quarter, BT research found that advisers were primarily concerned with capital gains tax relief, super contributions pre- and post-tax and work test rules.

SMSF software demand surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... transitioning to a new software solution, Bungard said. Class recently added bulk commutation of pension accounts, capital gains tax relief reports and new data filters to help accountants and SMSF administrators manage the super reforms. The SMSF industry ...

BGL releases CGT capability for SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... 2016/17 Superannuation Reforms capability, giving clients the ability to process cost base resets under the new capital gains tax relief provisions. The new capability will allow Simple Fund 360 users to analyse the assets of the fund, select which assets ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... industry as being less positive about the bank levy and the fact that foreign residents will now pay more in capital gains tax withholding.

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... 2001 The introduction of a 30% private health insurance tax rebate - Howard/Costello, 1999 The change in the capital gains tax regime from taxing real capital gains at full marginal rates, to taxing nominal capital gains at half marginal rates - Howard/Costello ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Capital gains tax is the fastest growing adviser query ahead of the 1 July changes to superannuation, according to the BT Advice Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how ...