SMSFs selling geared equities which the Fund borrowed to buy

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If your SMSF can’t hold on any longer and must sell a parcel of shares or units which it borrowed to purchase, there are compliance issues which must be remembered,

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Selling member’s business real estate into SMSF

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Townsend Lawyers’ Jeff Song explains that this strategy, though perhaps not quite as attractive, is still viable. From 1 July 2018 new law provides that in certain circumstances the outstanding

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SMSF Property development – issues to consider

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Can an SMSF be used to develop a property? Yes, but there are some superannuation compliance issues that arise when considering whether to develop a property in your SMSF. John

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Related party loan to SMSF – when is a loan not a loan?

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John is the sole member of his SMSF and is the sole director of the fund’s corporate trustee. After seeking financial and tax advice on the benefits of owning a

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Brace yourselves: A claim against your Will is coming

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It seems that along with dragons and Westeros, the idea that a person has substantial discretion in how to gift their estate on their death is a myth. Those left

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Can an SMSF be liable for foreign purchaser surcharge duty?

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John and Mary, a married couple, are members and individual trustees of their SMSF and their benefits in the fund represent 10% (John) and 90% (Mary) of the total value

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SMSFs: Untouched by Hayne; Jumbo size; Unwinding LRBAs

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SMSFs suffer no pain from Hayne Two key issues on Superannuation from the Hayne Royal Commission were Agency Conflict and Invisibility of Fees (especially for no service). These two issues

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Replacing trustees and mental incapacity

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If you are currently a trustee or a director of a corporate trustee of an SMSF, you will recall signing a number of legal documents for your appointment and acceptance

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Bankruptcy and SMSF trusteeship

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John and Mary are individual trustees of their SMSF. John has incurred quite a substantial amount of unmanageable debts and recently entered into a voluntary bankruptcy. John is unsure what

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Deregistration of SMSF corporate trustee

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Companies in Australia are legal entities – virtual people. They are capable of doing many things in their own right, including acting as the trustee of a self-managed super fund.

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