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Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... ups spending which raises profits which lifts stock prices and dividends. Hopefully, the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) bill last night - you know the one, the one that slaps our super sectors with a 30% tax on their "super profits" ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
The Gillard Government has launched a new website to show Australians how the new Minerals Resource Rent Tax package will improve their retirement savings. MoreSuper.gov.au was launched yesterday and provides a calculator for individuals to input their ...

ATO warns SMSFs on property transfers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... you do not have a lease in place you will be breaching the super laws. The lease must be on arm's length terms at market rent," said the ATO. For example, if the rent is below market it could be viewed that the SMSF is giving an advantage to the tenant ...

Property-reliant SMSFs face potential risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... - so what happens if you've got your money in your super fund in property and then you go through a period when you can't rent the property out," said wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot. "It's not like you've got the spare money that you can ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Australian funds management group Quantum has launched a US residential property fund to invest in single family homes in economically sound cities. The fund aims to take advantage of the steep decline in US property prices, low interest rates and the ...

Insto tax phase down deferred one year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... from foreign institutions. However, this will now be deferred by one year due to the introduction of the Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) with the rate of IWT for foreign bank branches, which borrow from their overseas head office, to fall from 5% ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
Australian shares fell, led by declines among gold and metals stocks and amid low turnover, after losses overnight on overseas markets. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 30.1 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 4,132.9, while the broader ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
Australia's housing market continues to confound, not because it's expensive in world terms but because of the disconnect between people naively hoping for price reductions and everybody else complaining we aren't building them fast enough. The latest ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... continue this growth, Gillard said the introduction of the 12% Superannuation Guarantee, supported by the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, by 2020 was imperative to support economic stability for decades to come. "Latest Treasury estimates are that 12% super ...

FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Federal Government has extended its ban on soft-dollar benefits under the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation announced today. It will now include risk insurance outside of superannuation. The ban, scheduled to go live on July 1, 2012 ...