News & Articles

by Alex Polorotoff Last month, the ATO released internal staff guidelines known as Practice Statement Law Administration 2020/3, which provides guidance on penalties that can be imposed on SMSFs under the SIS Act. The guidelines discuss...

by Mark Phillips Is there any real difference between Individual and Corporate Trustees? A key consideration when establishing an SMSF is whether to use an individual or corporate trustee. Generally where the decision is left to the...

by Brent Jones My aunt asked me if I could help her arrange a reverse mortgage so that she could get her leaky roof, and a few other things, fixed . I called a broker to discuss. He recommend that, instead of a reverse mortgage, which are...

by Alicia Thomson We are pleased the recent budget left SMSFs alone for once, although there were significant changes for the broader Superannuation industry. We can expect some of these changes to lead to increased member movements...

by Duc Hong The changes introduced from 1 July 2017 meant that assets supporting a TRIS are no longer exempt from tax. While that was a significant change, there are still circumstances where the TRIS strategy can be...