The Government yesterday released a second, far reaching $66.1 bn stimulus package that boosts income support payments, introduces targeted changes to the superannuation rules, provides [...]
Risk tolerance, time horizon, and asset allocation - you've dealt with these factors for a good part of your life, but now, in the face [...]
From 1 July 2020, new rules will come into effect to ensure that an employee’s salary sacrifice contributions cannot be used to reduce the amount [...]
The Super Downsizer Scheme started on 1 July 2018 and has allowed older Australians to sell their homes and contribute up to $300,000 of the [...]
The Government has resurrected the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) amnesty giving employers that have fallen behind with their SG obligations the ability to “self-correct.” This time [...]
The investment strategies of Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) are under scrutiny with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) contacting 17,700 trustees about a lack of [...]
The latest Class SMSF Benchmark Report provides some interesting Investment Insights: Tech companies make up 57% of the Top 20 International Share Holdings, while International [...]
From 1 July 2019, new laws prevent superannuation providers from eroding member balances with unwanted or unnecessary insurance and exit fees. Plus, inactive accounts with [...]
Pay your super via a clearing house? Superannuation payments are only considered to be paid for taxation purposes once they have been received by the [...]
This year is the first year of new measures that enable people who have been out of the work force, like new mums, to top [...]
