Further developments on double stamp duty provisions for SMSF borrowing to buy property in NSW

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Last year in September we wrote about changes to section 18 of the NSW Duties Act which appeared to provide more flexibility to SMSFs borrowing to buy investment property and

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15 Mar 2018

Common mistakes with commercial leases by SMEs

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Small business owners can be very naïve about their obligations under the lease of their business premises. A number of issues keep cropping up again and again: First – yes,

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27 Sep 2017

Estate planning benefits can make a low-balance SMSF worthwhile

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As estate planning and SMSF specialists, would we advise a client to set up a self-managed super fund (SMSF) in order to achieve a better estate planning outcome? Even if

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12 Sep 2017

SMSFs and crowdfunding: a match made in heaven or hell?

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Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) will shortly be able to invest in potentially high-growth unlisted companies, as a new era of crowd-sourced equity funding begins. The Federal Government’s Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced

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10 Aug 2017

Acquiring property via a trust or company involving a foreign person has got more expensive

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The NSW Office of State Revenue levies additional stamp duty on acquisitions of land by foreign persons and additional land tax in relation to foreign landholders. As trusts and companies

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12 May 2017

Does an SMSF cease to be compliant if its members go overseas?

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Frank and Mary want to go overseas for a while to work in England. They’re told that they need to ensure that their SMSF does not become a non-resident fund

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08 May 2017

A case study on moving quickly to protect assets

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After their father died, John’s and Mary’s mother was grief-stricken and for several years had little or no social life. Gradually, though, she began to broaden her social network and

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01 May 2017

SUPERCentral announces new course for advisers to confidently meet the needs of the inter-generational wealth transfer demand

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For advisers, there hasn’t been a better time to integrate estate planning into their practice as Australia enters the greatest period of inter-generational wealth transfer in history. The demand for

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13 Mar 2017

Electronic signatures: the cases have begun

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A director’s electronic signature placed on a guarantee without his knowledge led to court action by a company seeking recovery of a debt from the director personally. In Williams Group

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28 Feb 2017

The most important thing you (probably) didn’t know you could do with your Will

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Choosing the person who will take care of your children should you pass away before they are 18 is, for most, one of the most important decisions you will ever

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22 Nov 2016