 GRAEME COLLEY | FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022 Many trustees and members of not only SMSFs, but also public offer superannuation funds, are interested in the payment of death benefits if they or their spouse were to die. This usually revolves around who is eligible to receive the death benefits ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019 If you are a small business owner, the capital gains tax (CGT) small business concessions allow you to increase your retirement savings significantly. Fortunately, the maximum thresholds for the concessions have not been reduced from 1 July 2017, unlike ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019 One of Labor's signature tax reform proposals is to cease franking credit refunds from 1 July 2019, which will impact most individuals and smaller superannuation funds from the 2019/20 financial year. At this stage, we don't know the detail of the proposal ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017 Whether a fund is able to conduct business activity, comply with the superannuation rules and not fall foul of a range of other issues must be met with the universal technical answer, "it depends." Read more  CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014 ... a legacy. The SMSF Professional Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley guides you through the new Australian Taxation Office (ATO) SMSF penalty rules that started on 1 July, 2014. More than ever ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014 With the new penalties for SMSFs, trustees and advisers need to ask themselves: "should I be afraid, very afraid," or should they just be mildly concerned? Read more GRAEME COLLEY | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009 Graeme Colley delivers some excellent research on how the Better Super accountbased pensions provide a sound basis for retiree clients. It should be possible to place "restrictions on an account-based pension with carefully worded conditions attaching ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | MONDAY, 1 JAN 2007 Until 11 May 2004 it was possible for all types of superannuation funds to provide defined benefit pensions to members. At the time the definition of a defined benefit pension was any pension except for one determined by reference to life insurance ... Read more GRAEME COLLEY | SUNDAY, 1 JAN 2006 As a segment of the superannuation industry, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) display a wide range of characteristics. Some have investment portfolios with highly diversified arrangements traded on a regular basis. Others invest within a limited ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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