Redwood Advisory SMSF
It is always interesting to see far SMSF’s have come over the years. To help us, the ATO has given us insightful statistics to shed some light on SMSF’s in our current day – which has been shown below. Interesting topics worth noting are that the Majority of SMSFs (57%) have a Corporate Trustee. Furthermore,…
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Another year, another tax payable. WHY? Its extremely important to understand the key benefit of a SMSF and that is its concessional tax rate as compared to a members personal tax. Importantly its not all about a “tax refund” generally any losses are carried forward in the super environment. There will be on many occasions…
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WITH INTEREST RATES AT RECORD LOWS AND THE BANKS COMPETING FOR YOUR LOAN, THE KEY QUESTION ON EVERYONES MIND – IS IT THE PERFECT TIME TO “FIX” THE RATE OR LEAVE YOUR RATE AT VARIABLE? The Reserve Bank of Australia reduced the cash rate to a record low of 1% with two 25 basis point…
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SMSFs have enjoyed the ability to borrow to buy residential and commercial property since 2007. Its been an extremely popular strategy for mum and dad investors and “millennials” looking to increase their exposure to property with the booming property market in major capital cities. However, due to the Royal Commission and possible change of Federal…
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Owning an investment property in SMSF has become increasingly popular. However, in the 2017/18 Budget, the federal government announced significant changes in relation to claiming deductions in relation to Travel Expenses for residential property in an SMSF. From 1st July 2017, travel expenditure incurred in inspection and maintenance of residential investment properties as well as…
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SMSF are beneficial for so many reasons including control, choice, flexibility and a concessional tax rate. There are many strategies available to SMSFs including buying residential and commercial property. However a lesser known strategy is that a SMSF can buy a farm and lease it back to your business. The “farm” strategy is much like…
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Employers will soon need to make super contributions to SMSF via SuperStream All funds, including SMSFs, need to be ready to receive the contributions as well as the associated data by electronic means that comply with the new standard Its important for all funds, SMSF trustees and employers to understand their obligations under this new…
read moreShort answer is “Yes”, you can. Off market transfers will continue to be considered legitimate according to a recent announcement by the Coalition government. The Government had previously announced that off-market transfers of listed securities between SMSFs and related parties would be banned from 1 July 2013. This is seen as a major win…
read moreShort answer is “Yes”, you can, under certain conditions. A short example will be used to explain the answer. One of our clients called us in a state of panic recently, explaining how he had paid our SMSF administration fee with a personal credit card instead of paying from the SMSF. He contacted…
read moreIt is imperative for all members/ trustees to understand the concessional and non-concession contribution caps for an income year. Concessional Contribution Cap Concessional contributions include employer contribution and personal contributions claimed as a tax deduction by a self employed person. For the 2013-14 income year the amount of concessional cap is $25,000.…
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