Articles by Jason Spits

Australian Shares, International Shares

Share recovery should follow vaccine roll-out

share market recovery vaccine

A recovery in the global share market should follow the widespread introduction of COVID-19 vaccines with previously neglected stocks set to regain favour.

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ATO, Documentation

Accounting deadline dropped

SMSF accounts deadline

Treasury has abandoned a controversial proposal to force SMSFs to finalise financial statements  45 days before the fund lodges its annual return.

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Residential Property

Real estate debt sails through downturn

Real estate debt

Real estate debt investments have held their own in recent months, bolstered by government stimulus.

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Fixed Income

Dig deeper into fixed income for yield

fixed income yield

Fixed income investors can still find yield, but will have to look beyond safe sectors, such as government bonds, to do so.

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Retirement

Review finds retirement system working

Retirement income system

The federal government has highlighted findings from the Retirement Income Review final report that the current model is adequate and functional.

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Superannuation

Super hoarding not intent of system

super inheritance

Passing on superannuation as an inheritance to children may be a benefit of the retirement income system, but it was not one of its intended purposes, two politicians have claimed.

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Economic Update

Strong tailwinds will drive COVID recovery

australian covid recovery

Government measures will provide a strong tailwind behind Australia’s economic recovery as consumers also open their wallets as lockdowns end.

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Investments

Investors must sift tech stocks to find value

tech stocks value

Too many investors are jumping into tech stocks without considering the nature of the sector or the long-term shifts taking place, an investment manager has warned.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation

ATO clarifies penalty stance

ATO SMSF trustee penalties

ATO case officers must have defensible reasons for imposing multiple penalties on an SMSF trustee, new guidelines have revealed.

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Documentation

Digital signatures not ideal for deeds

Digital signatures SMSF deeds

Making permanent changes to federal laws to allow electronically signed digital trust deeds will only assist SMSFs when all the states implement similar changes.

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