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?
Budget Update Notice: The 2026/27 Federal Budget contains proposals that may affect the information in this article. As at the date of this notice, these are proposed measures and have not yet passed into law. We are reviewing and updating our content as the...
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!
Andrew Andreyev chats with Tax Talks about Property Development 101
How would you structure a property development project for tax purposes? Not that you would ever structure something just for tax. Of course tax is just one factor of many you need to consider. In this episode let’s look at the basics. What types of developers are...
Andrew Andreyev chats with Tax Talks about Subdivision of Land
If you want to sell parts of your land, you need to subdivide. But when you do this subdivision of land, what happens taxwise? When does CGT event K4 apply? Can you retain the main residence exemption? And when would your property development be a profit making scheme...