Login
Pre-retirees losing confidence in comfortable retirement: research
Powered by
MOMENTUM
MEDIA
A push by the Greens to lower the threshold for Division 296 tax from $3 million to $2 million would affect more than 1.8 million Australians, according to modelling from ...
On Tuesday, the FAAA unveiled a Federal Election Hub, which provides advisers with an analysis of candidates from every ...
Industry bodies have welcomed the government’s announcement that it will examine how to prevent perpetrators of ...
In this episode of the SMSF Adviser podcast, hosts Keith Ford and Aaron Dunn discuss the issues that may affect super ...
Get the latest news and opinions delivered to your inbox each morning
Subscribe
A look back at the history of SMSFs shows us both how far the sector has come and paints an exciting picture for the future
SMSFs have had a wild ride since they were first launched in 1994 with little fanfare and to a great deal of amusement from employer and retail superannuation funds.
Whoever thought in those days that small four-member super funds – now known as SMSFs – would become the lion of superannuation. Certainly not Paul Keating or the Labor government of the day – they were pretty chuffed at introducing SGC and giving industry super funds a leg up.
In the first few years, not much really happened in the SMSF world. A lot of accountants used them to acquire business property and even business assets such as computers, desks, partitions and cars in order to lease these assets back to a related-party business.
To read the entire article, please click here.
Get the latest news and opinions delivered to your inbox each morning
Subscribe
Subscribe to our newsletter.
