Michael Harkin National Manager, Training & Advice, Class Limited (at time of writing)
MICHAEL HARKIN | THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014 Changes in the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) interpretation of the treatment of income derived by investments made with borrowed funds means trustees and their advisers need to consider benchmarking related party loans to enable 'commerciality' ... Read more MICHAEL HARKIN | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014 Sooner rather than later, SMSF members should take steps to ensure their SMSF may continue to function, should they suffer diminished capacity to attend to their financial affairs. Read more MICHAEL HARKIN | TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013 With the rush to purchase property via their SMSF, turstees are overlooking what will happen should they become disabled or die. Read more PAGE: 1 |
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