In South Australia stamp duty is not payable on a transfer of real property from a trustee of a trust to a person who already has a defined beneficial interest in the property. For example, a transfer of property from the trustee of a unit trust to the unit holder. But there are a couple of tricks you need to be aware of.
A few judges and populist politicians have recently made some snarly comments about lawyers and ‘greedy’ people who are challenging Wills. Apparently, as a profession, we are getting a bit of ahead of ourselves in bringing too many of these cases to court. Read this article to get informed about the debate.
Everyone gets a $1.6 million cap on the assets that can support a tax-free super pension. You and your spouse each get a separate cap. But super pensions that pass to you from your spouse when they die may put you over your cap. This will have adverse tax outcomes. You need to plan for this as part of your estate planning.
In South Australia it is possible to transfer a property from a family trust to a beneficiary without stamp duty. Find out how.
We think ‘learning how to learn’ is perhaps the most important meta skill you can acquire. Why? Because effective learning enables you to effectively respond to change – and your ability to respond to change is the number one (and perhaps only) thing that will determine your longer term success.
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This is perhaps the most comprehensive and complete explanations of the economy and economic cycles we have ever seen.
Before investing in a crypto-coin of any variety – you must ask yourself at least these two questions.
We are not advocates of higher taxes. But, we are advocates of honest tax policy. So read ‘company tax cut’ as essentially a reduction in Australian tax on foreign investment. Full stop.
In this interview Kevin Rose talks with Robin Deeke, an FBI counterintelligence agent, who has written a book called the Code of Trust