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Documentation

E-signatures valid until 2021

Electronic signatures

Corporate trustees can still execute deeds electronically after the government extended measures exempting them from having to do so face to face using ink and paper.

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Documentation, Estate Planning, Pensions

BDBN can mimic reversionary pension

BDBN reversionary pension

A binding death benefit nomination (BDBN) can achieve the same outcome as a reversionary pension, the partner of a law firm has said.

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Superannuation

Recontribution opportunity opened up

super recontributions

Changes to contribution rules have a created a gap in which early retirees may be able to make super recontributions without restrictions.

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Investments

Gold holds firm despite slow economic growth

gold economic

Gold will continue to perform well for investors in an economic environment shaped by low interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty, an investment fund manager has said.

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Documentation

Document signing order vital for LRBA property

LRBA documents

Trustees buying property through limited recourse borrowing arrangements should confirm in what order key documents should be signed in the state of purchase, an SMSF legal expert says.

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Investments

Companies should not hold back dividends

dividend payments

An investment manager has urged ASX-listed firms to pay dividends where they can to provide income for retirees dependent on the payments.

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Residential Property

Capitals lead residential property rent drop

Residential property rent

Rents charged for both houses and units dropped across Australia in July, the most recent research into residential property has shown.

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Compliance & Regulation

ATO using compliance to assess trustee incapacity

ATO trustees incapacity

Compliance procedures are being used by the ATO to discover potential incapacity issues suffered by SMSF trustees as they get older.

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Compliance & Regulation, Tax

TPB bans tax agent for SAN fraud

tax agent SAN misuse

A Queensland-based tax agent has been banned for four years following a TPB investigation into SAN misuse.

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Documentation

When an annual return is signed matters

SMSF annual return sign-off

A technical expert has highlighted the need to get the procedural timing relating to the signing of an SMSF’s annual return correct.

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