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Financial planning

The Federal Government has received a mixed response to the financial services and superannuation initiatives evolving out of its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MY...

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Superannuation

SPAA's technical director Peter Burgess explains how a recent decision by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) affects breaches of non-concessional contribution cap....

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Superannuation

The Self Managed Super Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, marking the occasion at its national conference set d...

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Superannuation

Australian SMSFs should be able to receive superannuation transfers from New Zealand, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA)....

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Superannuation

SPAA urges Govt not to exclude SMSFs from proposed trans-Tasman super regime....

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Superannuation

The ATO has backed a SPAA assessment that illegal early release schemes involving SMSFs are declining....

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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office is the right regulatory body to oversee the SMSF sector, according to SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia chief executive Andrea S...

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Superannuation

Ever since the Trio Capital scandal, the message has been clear: SMSFs are on their own and defenceless against fraud. But as Andrea Slattery explains, SMSFs indeed have ...

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Financial planning

SPAA strongly rejects suggestions SMSFs should be pushed into APRA jurisdiction....

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Superannuation

The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...

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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has indicated that if a share order is executed in two 'parcels' due to market conditions it will still be treated as a single acquir...

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Superannuation

Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association warns Government against further superannuation tinkering to bolster its promised Budget surplus....

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Financial planning

The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...

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People & Products

Former Count Financial managing director Andrew Gale has joined specialist corporate advisers Chase Corporate Advisory as executive director....

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Superannuation

SPAA has welcomed the proposed penalty system changes for SMSFs, saying trustees who break the rules will be treated more equitably....

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