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DIY funds tail the experts

... contributions can be reduced in an SMSF, and assets held within a fund until after retirement may not be subject to Capital Gains Tax (CGT)," he said. While Multiport's Mcllroy agreed with Buchan's view on the benefits of SMSFs, he said it is a misconception ...

ING OneAnswer launches new adviser fee choices

... marketing. Crucially, existing OneAnswer advisers can switch their clients to the Select option without incurring any capital gains tax (CGT). Company spokesman Stephen Sinclair said this solved one of the problems that advisers face when transitioning ...

MLC pools developed and emerging markets portfolios

... than that, the portfolio managers will consider holding the 'sale' of shares if it means investors can save on capital gains tax (CGT). "For example, if they want to sell a certain stock and it's only three weeks away from the gains being [50 per cent] ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... order to achieve the eligibility to the Simplified Tax System(STS) and concessions with respect to the GST, capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax and the PAYG system.

MLC launches into after-tax reporting

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... the distributed amount) and after full redemption (final amount payable after tax on all distributions and any capital gains tax if an investor is redeeming from the fund). Hutchison said the decision to report after-tax in two ways was important since ...

High net worth tax crack down

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... year will come under the radar, as will failures to report capital gains and arrangements to avoid or minimise capital gains tax. Under the second year of Project Wickenby 6,000 high risk individual investor's declarations will be checked to see if they ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... local market, said Ferris, are the sheer availability of debt together with the recent scrapping of the high capital gains tax regime on offshore corporations. "Cash is everywhere at the moment. Three and a half times the cash rate was good three years ...

After tax is where returns are at: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... of 2 per cent, a long way in front of the sample average of 31.5 per cent. In the sometimes painful area of capital gains tax (CGT), Navigator placed the BT Wholesale Australian Shares Fund at the top of the list, though Fechner noted CGT was often complex ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... Treasurer Peter Costello, ahead of May's Budget. The report revealed that Australia's top marginal tax rate, capital gains tax on shares held over a long period, tax on interest income, company tax and superannuation taxes are comparatively higher than ...

Industry backs tax cut recommendation

A Government initiated think tank has been backed by key industry groups in calling for tax cuts to managed investment trusts and superannuation funded tourism infrastructure projects. The recommendation, which was made to the Minister for Small Business ...