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Make super review your New Year's resolution

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... salary sacrifice superannuation contributions, diverting cash flow from a home loan into super, off-setting capital gains tax by contributing to super and investing non-super money in your super. "These strategies can help you make your super count ...

CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Capital gains tax relief legislation for superannuation funds passed through the Senate yesterday alongside two other key pieces of reform. Unrealised gains or losses on revenue and capital assets incurred from 1 October 2011 to 1 July 2017 can now ...

CGT relief passes House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Capital gains tax relief has been welcomed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), after the Bill passed through the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill extends the relief on capital loss rollovers to 1 July 2017 to coincide ...

SMSF industry hits back on 'rort' claims

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Navigator and BT Wrap separately record capital gains and provide their members with access to concessional capital gains tax treatment," a document published by Dixon said. "Industry funds do not provide their members with access to this tax concession ...

Super concession cuts ignite SMSF debate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... between the APRA regulated sector and SMSF sector in relation to how assets and investments are held for tax and capital gains tax reasons. SPAA national technical director Peter Burgess said that although the specific legislative concession for real ...

Asset Super and CareSuper merger set for October

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... in-principle support for the merger in September last year subject to due diligence, although it is understood that capital gains tax (CGT) relief was a subsequent barrier to the swift completion of the amalgamation. Minister for Financial Services and ...

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... firms and many global software providers have had their plans and dreams dashed on the rocks of the country's capital gains tax and imputation credits. "Too many international firms come to Australia with great fanfare, win a handful of clients, and ...

Decouple next-gen education from estate planning conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... it transfers. "That means both ensuring strategies are in place so they don't get stung with death taxes or capital gains tax, but also that within the next generation they are fully equipped to know how to manage it into the future so it doesn't just ...

CGT relief for super funds backdated

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... stakeholders in the consultation on the policy design of this measure. Shorten said Treasury will backdate the capital gains tax relief (CGT) for merging superannuation funds to apply from 1 October 2011. Other changes that have been made to the income ...

AGEST bungle isolated: BNP Paribas

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... processes custodian BNP Paribas has in place. AGEST Super is scheduled to Merge with AustralianSuper after a capital gains tax relief measures come into legislation in December.