Planner interest drives up SPAA numbers
- published on 29/11/2011
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The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) says the number of SMSF professionals who achieved SPAA's SMSF Specialist Advisor (SSA) and ... [more]
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Integrating a Will into your SMSF succession planning
- published on 29/11/2011
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Many Australians have significant wealth in their self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) Accordingly, it is vital to properly plan for what will happen to ... [more]
Borrowing improvements give funds some wriggle room
- published on 29/11/2011
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Paragraph 30 of the draft rulings says: “Although borrowings under an LRBA cannot be used to improve a single acquirable asset that is ... [more]
Why enduring power of attorney should be compulsory
- published on 27/10/2011
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Bryce Figot says that If a person is not willing to have an enduring power of attorney, then they should not have an ... [more]
Planning for SMSFs and death: the first step
- published on 01/09/2011
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Planning for what will happen to a fund when members lose capacity or die involves finding all the original documentation and ensuring everything ... [more]
Super fund death payment complexities
- published on 01/09/2011
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Tony Negline says we often do not like to talk about estate planning, but it’s a critical issue and inextricably bound together with ... [more]
Construction hurdles for trustees
- published on 01/09/2011
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Peter Burgess examines the issue of SMSFs constructing buildings using goods and materials supplied by a party related to the fund. [more]
Five-year plan for collectables and personal use assets
- published on 02/08/2011
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To ensure that self- managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that held collectables and personal use assets prior to July 1, 2011, have time to ... [more]
Five-year plan for collectables and personal use assets
- published on 01/08/2011
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As the dust settles on the rules that now apply to investing in collectables and personal use assets, attention is turning to what ... [more]
Restrictions on SMSF investments – and this time it’s personal
- published on 01/08/2011
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Bryce Figot says a recent case illustrates that even complying with the new rules on collectables and personal use assets might not be ... [more]