Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Pensions

Reduction in minimum pension popular

Minimum pension reduction

A significant majority of retirees are taking advantage of the minimum pension reduction originally introduced for the 2020 income year.

read more
Residential Property

April rise in residential property vacancies

Residential property vacancy

Vacancy rates for residential properties increased slightly in April, but have dropped significantly over the past 12 months.

read more
Superannuation, Tax

Govt pledges no new super taxes

superannuation taxes government

The Morrison government has vowed there will not be an increase to superannuation taxes should it be returned at next month’s federal election.

read more
ATO

ATO protects more than $270m of super

ATO superannuation assessment

ATO figures show the regulator’s risk assessment action over the past couple of years has protected over $270 million of retirement savings.

read more
Economic Update

Aust to better manage economic challenges

Australia economic challenges

Australia is well placed to mitigate the effects of the current economic headwinds when compared to other developed economies across the world.

read more
Superannuation

Labor confirms economic role for super

labor superannuation economic

Superannuation will definitely play a more specific and significant role in the economic policy of the Labor Party should it win the federal election.

read more
Cryptocurrency

Apply first principles to crypto assets

principles cryptocurrency assets

First principles should be applied to cryptocurrency assets to ensure they are recognised and receive the proper tax treatment.

read more
Pensions

Permanent minimum pension reduction pursued

minimum pension AIR

A call has been made by the Association of Independent Retirees to permanently reduce the minimum pension and simplify the system’s age bands.

read more
Australian Shares, International Shares

Shares still do well during rate rises

Shares rising interest

The rising interest rate environment should not deter investors from allocations to equities as they can still perform well through these cycles.

read more
Pensions

Good faith principle to gain importance

SMSF death benefits

Determining whether SMSF trustees have acted in good faith when determining how death benefits are distributed is likely to become more common.

read more

Copyright © SMS Trustee News 2022

ABN 43 564 725 109

Benchmark Media

Site design Red Cloud Digital