Using a speech at a Liberal Party federal council meeting in Canberra, the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has announced an extension to the current temporary 50% minimum pension reduction for accounts-based income streams, in a move that clearly puts a stake in the ground to target self-funded retiree voters in the lead up to the…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) indicated that it would not apply compliance resources for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years for SMSFs that sought loan relief for LRBA related party loans. This relief applied for related party loans that complied with the safe harbour guidance…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has now registered SPR 2020/2 which applies to the trustee(s) of a SMSF where the fund acquires an in-house asset from a deferral of rental income under a lease due to COVID-19. This determination became effective from 27 November 2020. As a result of the financial impacts of COVID-19, some…
With changes to the SIS Regulations from 1 July 2020 that extended the age to 67 before requiring a work test has been met have been well received, albeit we continue to wait patiently for the bring-forward legislation to pass both houses of Parliament. For some older working Australians during this pandemic period, they like…
SMSF members certainly haven’t been immune to the impacts of COVID-19, with recent ATO statistics (August 2020) suggesting approximately 35,000 applications by members for the early release of super have been processed across nearly 19,000 funds, totalling nearly $341 million. Interestingly, within the first tranche, the ATO said that around 22,000 approved applications were made…
