Articles

05 Jun 2016

SMSFs and collectables

SMSF investments in collectables and personal-use assets have been subject to stricter rules than SMSF investments in other assets such as shares and property. The sorts of things…

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03 Jun 2016

Disruption, volatility and change

Change is certainly a constant that we need to learn to live with both for individuals and businesses. There has been much comment on the change impact of…

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01 Jun 2016

Remuneration Services

Murray Nicholls has for some time been our specialist adviser in the area of salary packaging and fringe benefits. We have seen the demand for these services increasing…

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26 May 2016

Cyber resilience- A growing recognition

There is increasing activity at Government and policy levels concerning Australia's future resilience to Cyber threats. However, the threats are already out there and even recently a major…

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16 May 2016

Administering your estate

In our previous articles we have considered topics such as the specifics of how superannuation is treated on death, the assets covered by your estate (and what is…

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22 Mar 2016

Cyber resilience – A growing but manageable threat

The digital age presents opportunities and challenges for businesses, organisations and individuals alike. Undoubtedly, those who prefer to be at the cutting edge of technological implementation reap the…

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08 Nov 2015

ATO data matching targets business

The ATO is embarking on a "Towards 2020 and Beyond" project, whereby the self-assessment process will be streamlined. How the changes will pan out, when we are talking…

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08 Nov 2015

Why consider a discretionary testamentary trust?

A traditional Will operates so that the assets of the deceased are immediately passed to the nominated beneficiary. This is adequate for many people but sometimes this can…

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02 Sep 2015

myGov – Changing the way the ATO delivers correspondence

myGov is an online account designed to allow all your communication with various government services to be accessed from one portal. There is a growing range of services…

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30 Aug 2015

Estate planning – What happens to assets?

It takes a long time and a lot of effort to build up assets over a lifetime. Whilst most of us have very firm ideas about what we…

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