Deferred date for new tax treatments for managed investment trusts

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Last year, the government announced a new tax system for managed investment trusts (MITs) that will reduce complexity, increase certainty and minimise compliance costs for MITs and their investors.  In... Read more continue reading

The taxation of financial arrangements under TOFA rules

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Background to the TOFA reforms The TOFA reforms were first announced in the 1992 budget and were later taken up by the Review of Business Taxation. The review’s final report... Read more continue reading

Strategy for making contributions important to avoid excess risk, says expert at SPAA National Conference

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There are ways to manage excess contributions and contribution strategies to consider The halving of the super contribution caps has resulted in rising instances of people making excess contributions and... Read more continue reading

SPAA National Conference: SPAA predicts year of clarity for SMSFs

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SPAA will work towards resolution of the excess contributions tax issue for investors and replacement of the accountants’ exemption as new SMSF issues emerge The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals’... Read more continue reading

FPA welcomes TFN legislation

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The FPA welcomes Friday’s announcement introducing draft legislation to enable Tax File Numbers (TFN) to be used by super funds as the primary source to identify superannuation accounts and match... Read more continue reading

SPAA calls for action on annual contribution caps and excess contributions tax in Federal Budget submission

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SPAA says superannuation caps must be returned to pre 2009 levels The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association has today called for excessively low superannuation contribution caps to be restored... Read more continue reading

Financial Services Council welcomes Investor Manager Regime

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John Brogden, CEO of the Financial Services Council, today welcomed the Federal Government’s changes to the income tax treatment of investment income of foreign funds. “The Investment Manager Regime was... Read more continue reading