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Not too late to maximise super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... the ability to contribute definitely should because they won't have the ability to do it going forward," Lewis said. CGT relief is another critical element for clients who either need to commute back excess amounts of $1.6 million or have a transition ...

ASIC delays super disclosure reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... holdings disclosure requirements will be delayed for two years - until 1 July 2019 and 31 December 2019, respectively. The relief for super funds to provide online updates on dashboards, rather than hard copies, will also likely be extended for the same ...

Super reforms hit parliament

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... when the member notifies the fund they have retired, are permanently incapacitated or are terminally ill. CGT cost base relief for assets that cease to be exempt current pension assets as a consequence of the super reforms will be extended to Pooled ...

BGL releases CGT capability for SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... 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 to ...

ATO pushes back SMSF returns deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... than $1.6 million in retirement phase, they'll need to take action before July 1. "Secondly, if an SMSF wants to apply CGT relief, they need to ensure that they make that choice in the CGT schedule to the 2016-17 fund tax return and that they lodge it ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Tax relief for merging superannuation funds will be extended until 1 July 2020 in an effort to minimise barriers to sector consolidation. As announced in this years' Federal Budget, relief will be available to superannuation funds to transfer capital ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... companies with annual turnover of less than $50 million by 2018-19. Superannuation funds have been provided extended tax relief for mergers, until 1 July 2020, in an effort to minimise barriers to sector consolidation. Relief will be available to superannuation ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how CGT relief will be applied to retail super and SMSF clients. This was followed by pre and post-tax super contributions, and the work ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... personal deductible contributions to their members. One item that did not pass into law, Breckon noted, was the proposed relief to retain actuarial certificates for SMSFs and Small APRA Funds (SAFs) using the proportionate method to calculate their Exempt ...