Solution Brief: Making a Binding Death Benefit Nomination
This information sheet will help you execute a Binding Death Benefit Nomination (BDBN). A BDBN enables you to direct how you want your superannuation dealt with when you pass away. This is a general guide on certain legal aspects and is not a replacement for specific...
Solution Brief: Life Insurance and Super
Holding your life insurance policy through your super fund is not always as “tax-effective” as you may think. You need to think past the “deduction” for premiums. The good news Funding life insurance premiums through super can be tax effective because concessional...
Solution Brief: Individual or Company Trustee? (SMSFs)
We often get asked whether it is better to have a ‘company trustee’ or ‘individual trustees’ for a self-managed super fund. This question gets asked both when we are setting up a new super fund, and when we are reviewing an existing super fund. In our view, the short...
Solution Brief: Why you need to update your SMSF Deed
The Government just can’t help itself but tinker with super. Our courts then need to interpret what it all really means, so we know exactly what we can and can’t do. Put simply, super never stands still. But it remains worthwhile hanging in there, because you can...
Solution Brief: Super and your estate planning
It’s official: super isn’t part of your estate. A recent Federal Court Decision highlights the risk of failing to consider one of your biggest assets – your super – as part of your estate plan. The recent Federal Court Decision in Stock (as Executor of the Will of...
Payroll Tax Amnesty for Medical Practices in South Australia
Payroll tax applies when the total wages expense for a business equals or exceeds $1.5 million in a financial year. Medical clinics in South Australia have not previously been paying payroll tax for payments made to General Practitioners (GPs) who provide services to...
What happens when a trust ends?
Trusts have long been an essential tool in estate planning and wealth management in Australia. They offer a flexible way to hold and distribute assets while providing tax benefits and asset protection, but all good things come to an end, and each trust has a vesting...
Who can witness a Statutory Declaration in South Australia?
The question of who can “witness a stat dec” in South Australia comes up quite often. The good news is that the list is long. The bad new is that not all of them know what they are doing!
