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SMSFs can use tax rule to save thousands conference told

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... industry conference heard yesterday. Anti-detriment deductions can in some cases increase rather than decrease death benefits, the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) State Technical Conference was told. SPAA has voiced ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... sparked a lot of media attention. It would be better if the pension was allowed to continue to the estate until death benefits begin to be paid, he said. Cavendish will discuss the matter in the next round of free adviser technical seminars along with ...

Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits (MSB) Board and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority. Minister for Finance and Deregulation Penny Wong, when making the annoucement, said the inaugural board will ...

HESTA forms new relationship with CommInsure

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... income protection to age 67, moving away from OnePath. Starting from next year, HESTA members will receive improved death benefits. The super fund said that under the new insurance offer, a 40 year old member will gain a 25% increase in death benefit ...

Military Super CEO resigns, AGEST chief takes over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... established by the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991. It replaced the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Scheme for new entrants to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on 1 October 1991, following government initiatives to ...

SCT chief Furlan talks tough on benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... especially for a member in a retirement or transition-to-retirement phase. "I do think there is a spot for paying death benefits to estates and that is if you're offering retirement products to transition to retirement products. "And the reason I say ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... schemes. This will include the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits scheme from 1 July 2010.

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) to form a single trustee board on July 2010. ComSuper's current commissioner for superannuation is Leo ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... with interest." Combet said that death and invalidity benefits for members of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme are not affected because benefits in this scheme are based on a percentage of salary and not linked to age.

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... fund's board of directors to prioritise a member's spouse, financial dependent children or estate when paying out death benefits. But things have now changed following amendments to the trust deed - effective 1 April - that allowed the board to consider ...