SMSFs warned on ‘narrow’ access rules impacting stamp duty transfers
The AAT has recently affirmed the decision to impose stamp duty on a property involving an SMSF, providing important details on different im
The AAT has recently affirmed the decision to impose stamp duty on a property involving an SMSF, providing important details on different im
The requirement to include comparable sales data for kerbside valuations for properties is seeing issues and hold-ups with SMSF audits, part
SMSF auditors are requiring valuations for many property investments again this financial year, and in some cases seeing pushback from trust
ThinkTank has successfully completed its $750 million commercial mortgage-backed securitisation issue.
An SMSF law firm has highlighted some of the tax consequences and compliance issues that need to be considered when SMSFs make in-specie tra
The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed a claim against the trustee of an SMSF in a case relating to the exchange of contracts for the
With interest rates near zero as the economy moves past COVID-19, new economic changes have shifted the investment approach for real assets
Marketplace lending platform CrowdProperty Australia has raised $1.5 million to expand its SME property development finance offering, wholes
When considering the transition of residential property and business property in an SMSF for acquisition purposes, there are several distinc
When an SMSF pays out a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA), funds will need to ensure it can take the correct steps in the afterm
The rise in regional house prices has provided increasing opportunities for retirees in pension loan schemes to tap into increased equity an
SMSFs seeking to transfer business real property into the fund will need to ensure greater planning around strategies to structure the contr
Advisers utilising SMSFs to purchase property should go through several key considerations so that the fund can avoid long-term strategic tr
SMSFs members that are landlords and tenants of commercial property will need to ensure that rent determination clauses are properly drafted
SMSF-related advice now makes up one of the largest and riskiest categories in complaints to the AFCA, with advisers having minimal rates of
The ATO has released draft guidance around the application of deducting expenses associated with vacant land along with its compliance appro
Two recent AAT decisions shed important light on what constitutes business real property: Allzams Trust and Commissioner of Taxation [2021]
The corporate regulator has commenced Federal Court proceedings alleging a property development company provided unlicensed advice around SM
Questions around the definition of business real property and its application for SMSFs will continue to evolve as new technology and proces
A former Queensland property developer has failed to overturn criminal convictions for defrauding almost $350,000 from SMSF investors.
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