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This section contains all weekly bulletins, end of financial year updates and budgets information emails sent to date. It is only available to Platinum Members.


Issue: 408 (14/05/2012)
Will you add it to your EoFY checklist?

Will you add it to your EOFY checklist?
Joseph Santhosh – Tax and Commercial Lawyer

Issue: 407 (27/04/2012)
Leasing Business Real Property from SMSF

Leasing Business Real Property from SMSF
LawCentral Documents Price List

Issue: 406 (27/03/2012)
Vengeful Spouse Strips Cash from SMSF - Now what?

Vengeful Spouse Strips Cash from SMSF - Now what?

Issue: 405 (13/03/2012)
Self-Managed Superfunds - The Forgotten Estate

Self-Managed Superfunds - The Forgotten Estate

Issue: 404 (29/02/2012)
I read it on the internet so it must be true

I read it on the internet so it must be true

Issue: 403 (22/02/2012)
Accessing SMSF assets - what could go wrong?

Accessing SMSF assets - what could go wrong?

Issue: 402 (14/02/2012)
Deceased's de-facto dilemma causes frenzied family fight

Deceased's de-facto dilemma causes frenzied family fight

Issue: 401 (7/02/2012)
Government inherits deceased estate

Government inherits deceased estate

Issue: 400 (31/01/2012)
Is the ATO the new agent of Communism?

Is the ATO the new agent of Communism?
LawCentral Documents Price List

Issue: 399 (23/01/2012)
Are independent contractors on the nose?

Are independent contractors on the nose?
Special New Year Gift for Law Central Members

Issue: 398 (17/01/2012)
Replace your SMSF trustee if he is crazy

Replace your SMSF trustee if he is crazy
Caution - dividends not always dividends

Issue: 397 (9/01/2012)
SMSF Trustee hands over control to preserve fund

SMSF Trustee hands over control to preserve fund

Issue: 396 (19/12/2011)
Cranky creditor gives dodgy debtors an early Christmas gift

Cranky creditor gives dodgy debtors an early Christmas gift
A holiday message

Issue: 395 (12/12/2011)
Is my gay lover's son my dependant for superannuation?

Is my gay lover's son my dependant for superannuation?

Issue: 394 (5/12/2011)
Capital gains in trusts - where do they go now?

Capital gains in trusts - where do they go now?
Law Central at the forefront of 'Small Business Benchmark Reform Movement'

Issue: 393 (28/11/2011)
No need to wait for a 'New Year's Resolution' - Update constitution today

1. No need to wait for a 'New Year's Resolution' - Update constitution today

Issue: 392 (21/11/2011)
What happens if you don’t do business succession planning? BSP #3

What happens if you don’t do business succession planning? BSP #3
LawCentral Documents Price List

Issue: 391 (14/11/2011)
CGT free commercial property transferred into SMSF

CGT free commercial property transferred into SMSF
Expand your Business - Advanced Estate Planning Course

Issue: 390 (7/11/2011)
Gen-Y property dilemma - try buying a house with friends

Gen-Y property dilemma - try buying a house with friends

Issue: 389 (31/10/2011)
Div 7A loans from bucket company - how to play it safe

Div 7A loans from bucket company - how to play it safe

Issue: 388 (24/10/2011)
Mining minnow wants to be BHP

Mining minnow wants to be BHP

Issue: 387 (17/10/2011)
ATO Audits - is it the end of the road?

ATO Audits - is it the end of the road?
LawCentral Documents Price List

Issue: 386 (10/10/2011)
Are 'Benchmarks' really worth the paper they are printed on?

Are 'Benchmarks' really worth the paper they are printed on?

Issue: 385 (3/10/2011)
Navigating the SMSF borrowing minefield - Part 2

Navigating the SMSF borrowing minefield - Part 2

Issue: 384 (26/09/2011)
Navigating the SMSF borrowing minefield # 1

Navigating the SMSF borrowing minefield # 1
LawCentral Documents Price List

Issue: 383 (19/09/2011)
‘Subject to finance’ not really subject to finance

'Subject to finance' not really subject to finance

Issue: 382 (12/09/2011)
Corporate Trustee - is it really necessary?

Corporate Trustee - is it really necessary?

Issue: 381 (7/09/2011)
Transfer gold mine into SMSF

Transfer gold mine into SMSF

Issue: 380 (25/08/2011)
Business Succession Planning – No. 2

Business Succession Planning – No. 2

Issue: 379 (15/08/2011)
ATO hot on the button for GST compliance

ATO hot on the button for GST compliance

Issue: 378 (8/08/2011)
Is there a stamp duty trap for transfers to SMSFs?

Is there a stamp duty trap for transfers to SMSFs?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 377 (2/08/2011)
ATO's new Super Death Tax - 2 ways to stop it

Apology
ATO's new Super Death Tax - 2 ways to stop it

Issue: 376 (26/07/2011)
Business Succession Planning No. 1

Business Succession Planning No. 1

Issue: 375 (19/07/2011)
Paying off your family home is tax fraud

Paying off your family home is tax fraud

Issue: 374 (12/07/2011)
Writing your own Will - what could go wrong?

Writing your own Will - what could go wrong?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 373 (4/07/2011)
ATO hit list for 2011/12. Are you on it?

ATO hit list for 2011/12. Are you on it?

Issue: 372 (27/06/2011)
ATO's secret end-of-year hit list - end of Financial Year #6

ATO's secret end-of-year hit list - end of Financial Year #6

Issue: 371 (20/06/2011)
Are accountants now working for the ATO (without pay?) - end of Financial Year #5

Are accountants now working for the ATO (without pay?) - end of Financial Year #5
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 370 (14/06/2011)
It's EOFYS time again - Follow our easy checklist and be prepared for 'Tax Time' - end of Financial Year #4

It's EOFYS time again - Follow our easy checklist and be prepared for 'Tax Time' - end of Financial Year #4

Issue: 369 (7/06/2011)
Sodomy. Is it really worth $1,000,000? - end of Financial Year #3

Sodomy. Is it really worth $1,000,000? - end of Financial Year #3

Issue: 368 (30/05/2011)
New Trust law prohibits further Family Trust updates? - end of Financial Year #2

New Trust law prohibits further Family Trust updates? - end of Financial Year #2
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 367 (23/05/2011)
Bring out your dead and dying - end of Financial Year #1

Bring out your dead and dying - end of Financial Year #1

Issue: 366 (16/05/2011)
Auditor refuses to audit a SMSF that is only 12 months old

Auditor refuses to audit a SMSF that is only 12 months old

Issue: 365 (9/05/2011)
Taking the ATO on in court - and winning

Taking the ATO on in court - and winning

Issue: 364 (2/05/2011)
What do you mean my sponging Gen-Y children aren't my dependents?

What do you mean my sponging Gen-Y children aren't my dependents?

Issue: 363 (27/04/2011)
Battle for your super - Death Benefit Nomination v SMSF Pension

Battle for your super - Death Benefit Nomination v SMSF Pension
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 362 (18/04/2011)
Howard Hughes shunned his financial adviser - to his peril

Taxation of trust income - just released
Howard Hughes shunned his financial adviser - to his peril

Issue: 361 (11/04/2011)
Personal Service data matching - the ATO's new weapon

Personal Service data matching - the ATO's new weapon
Finally! SMSF advice from the ATO

Issue: 360 (4/04/2011)
Commercial property into SMSF - what do I get out of it?

Commercial property into SMSF - what do I get out of it?

Issue: 359 (28/03/2011)
Transfer commercial property to SMSF – does it work?

Transfer commercial property to SMSF – does it work?

Issue: 358 (21/03/2011)
Caveat required for every piece of land?

Caveat required for every piece of land?

Issue: 357 (15/03/2011)
ATO audits cash sales. Am I going to jail?

ATO audits cash sales. Am I going to jail?

Issue: 356 (8/03/2011)
To gift or not to gift? That is the Stamp Duty question

To gift or not to gift? That is the Stamp Duty question
Which way is up? Trust income – what is it and what can I do with it?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 355 (28/02/2011)
SMSF checklist makes life easier for accountants and advisers

SMSF checklist makes life easier for accountants and advisers

Issue: 354 (21/02/2011)
Lazy Trustee hands over control of SMSF - is this fatal?

Lazy Trustee hands over control of SMSF - is this fatal?

Issue: 353 (14/02/2011)
Bare trust makes rowdy rentals homeless

Bare trust makes rowdy rentals homeless
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 352 (7/02/2011)
Service Trusts - tax planning, tax avoidance or neither?

Service Trusts - tax planning, tax avoidance or neither?

Issue: 351 (31/01/2011)
You wouldn't perform your own brain surgery - so why write your own Will?

You wouldn't perform your own brain surgery - so why write your own Will?

Issue: 350 (24/01/2011)
Dividend danger - protect your company now

Dividend danger - protect your company now

Issue: 349 (18/01/2011)
Can the ATO abolish Trust streaming after the Thomas Case?

Can the ATO abolish Trust streaming after the Thomas Case?

Issue: 348 (11/01/2011)
Who buries the body - brother or mistress?

Who buries the body - brother or mistress?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 347 (20/12/2010)
Fire your mother-in-law in time for the holidays

I am working Christmas Day and so is Law Central
Fire your mother-in-law in time for the holidays

Issue: 346 (13/12/2010)
Estate Planning 301 - Accountant and adviser's checklist

Estate Planning 301 - Accountant and adviser's checklist
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 345 (6/12/2010)
Estate Planning 201 - A Will is only half the battle

Brett Davies Lawyers and LawCentral buy Wojtowicz Kelly Legal
Estate Planning 201 - A Will is only half the battle - Failing to consider Business Structures

Issue: 344 (29/11/2010)
Estate Planning 101 – what do accountants need to know?

Estate Planning 101 – what do accountants need to know?
Client wants pension before lodging tax return

Issue: 343 (22/11/2010)
Get justice. Better still, get your money

Get justice. Better still, get your money
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 342 (15/11/2010)
Division 7A loan agreements required for Family Trust bucket companies?

Division 7A loan agreements required for Family Trust bucket companies?
Catch out greedy banks

Issue: 341 (8/11/2010)
Get Super tax free to children?

Get Super tax free to children?
Taken a pension too soon? Go back to accumulation

Issue: 340 (1/11/2010)
My client lied to the ATO - now what?

My client lied to the ATO - now what?
My super, my money. So how do I get the dosh?

Issue: 339 (26/10/2010)
Flood of ATO’s Director Penalty Notices - are companies any good?

Flood of ATO’s Director Penalty Notices - are companies any good?

Issue: 338 (18/10/2010)
To be or not to be: corporate or human trustee?

To be or not to be: corporate or human trustee?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 337 (11/10/2010)
Is bankruptcy the end of the world?

Is bankruptcy the end of the world?
More "help" on Super Gearing from ATO

Issue: 336 (5/10/2010)
SMSF Maverick gives Power of Attorney to Jailbird?

SMSF Maverick gives Power of Attorney to Jailbird?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 335 (28/09/2010)
Special SMSF Power of Attorney

Special SMSF Power of Attorney

Issue: 334 (21/09/2010)
General insurance required for Self Managed Super Funds

General insurance required for Self Managed Super Funds
Getting Private Rulings for Self Managed Super Funds
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 333 (15/09/2010)
Seven types of reserve accounts for super

Join the Reserves (for SMSF)
Personal Guarantees for Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements?

Issue: 332 (6/09/2010)
Update Family Trust Deed – "streaming" and Bamford

Update Family Trust Deed – "streaming" and Bamford
ATO Data Matching to eBay

Issue: 331 (31/08/2010)
Transferring real property into Self Managed Super Fund in NSW only attracts $50 duty

Transferring real property into Self Managed Super Fund in NSW only attracts $50 duty
Why update the Family Trust?

Issue: 330 (23/08/2010)
Constitution a mess - client's permission to fix required?

Constitution a mess - client's permission to fix required?
Unpaid Present Entitlements - TR 2010/3

Issue: 329 (16/08/2010)
Debt, equity, mistress, mess.

Debt, equity, mistress, mess.
Developing property in an Instalment Warrant
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 328 (9/08/2010)
Have you got a dodgy Constitution?

Have you got a dodgy Constitution? New dividend rules
Transferring commercial property into your Self Managed Super Fund

Issue: 327 (2/08/2010)
Executor goes bankrupt - Accountant powerless

Executor goes bankrupt - Accountant powerless
Retire Richer, Younger

Issue: 326 (26/07/2010)
Can I sack a shady Appointor?

Can I sack a shady Appointor?
Instalment Warrants - buying more than one asset

Issue: 325 (19/07/2010)
Can Family Trusts still "stream"?

Can Family Trusts still "stream"?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 324 (12/07/2010)
Queen of Mean leaves everything to dog

Queen of Mean leaves everything to dog
Refinancing SMSF Instalment Warrants

Issue: 323 (6/07/2010)
Four lessons for safe service trusts

Four lessons for safe service trusts
SMSF buys exotic assets

Issue: 322 (28/06/2010)
Short, sharp and snappy - end of financial year checklist

Short, sharp and snappy - end of financial year checklist
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 321 (21/06/2010)
6 strategies to save your business and save you tax - Part 2

6 strategies to save your business and save you tax - Part 2
Top 5 LawCentral webcasts

Issue: 320 (15/06/2010)
6 strategies to save your business and save you tax - Part 1

6 strategies to save your business and save you tax - Part 1
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 319 (8/06/2010)
The nasty side of Div 7A - deemed dividend disasters

The nasty side of Div 7A - deemed dividend disasters
Top 5 LawCentral webcasts

Issue: 318 (31/05/2010)
Killing off old trusts and companies before end of financial year - # 4

Killing off old trusts and companies before end of financial year - # 4
Bankrupt your enemies
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 317 (24/05/2010)
Old Super deeds are a beacon of non-compliance - End of Financial Year #3

Lies about Self Managed Super Fund Deeds
Old Super deeds are a beacon of non-compliance - End of Financial Year #3

Issue: 316 (17/05/2010)
Stop or I'll sue! Squeezing cash from scum - End of Financial Year #2

Stop or I'll sue! Squeezing cash from scum - End of Financial Year #2
Get out your diary - 2010 key dates for your SMSF

Issue: 315 (10/05/2010)
Making money out of Henry - end of Financial Year #1

Making money out of Henry - end of Financial Year #1
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 314 (3/05/2010)
Simon says - Update your Family Trust for Bamford

Simon says - Update your Family Trust for Bamford
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 313 (27/04/2010)
ATO SMSF auditors are mischievous, inventive and cunning

Accountants preparing SMSF returns - beware of audit
Family Trust trustees need their own Div 7A Loan Agreement - before end of financial year

Issue: 312 (19/04/2010)
Does Division 7A apply to loans made to SMSFs?

Does Division 7A apply to loans made to SMSFs?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 311 (12/04/2010)
Asset rich SMSF has Corporate Trustee

Asset rich SMSF has Corporate Trustee
Top 5 LawCentral videos

Issue: 310 (6/04/2010)
Family Trusts - Bamford and the Accountant prophet

Family Trusts - Bamford and the Accountant prophet
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 309 (29/03/2010)
Accountant knows best

Accountant knows best
Business sells rental property with no CGT?

Issue: 308 (22/03/2010)
Update SMSF deed with LawCentral

Update SMSF deed with LawCentral
Cheating husband given marching orders
Brett Davies re-invests 100% of dividends back into Integrated Legal Holdings

Issue: 307 (15/03/2010)
Musings of a seasoned ATO adversary

Musings of a seasoned ATO adversary
Australia's richest man uses Hybrid Trust

Issue: 306 (8/03/2010)
Unpaid distributions to bucket company - update Trust Deed?

Unpaid distributions to bucket company - update Trust Deed?
Executor refuses to act

Issue: 305 (2/03/2010)
Bamford in the High Court

Bamford in the High Court
Don’t sweat over iiNet

Issue: 304 (22/02/2010)
Accountant sued over bank's blunder

Accountant sued over bank's blunder
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 303 (15/02/2010)
Oral agreements for your Div 7A Loan?

Oral agreements for your Div 7A Loan?
Top 5 LawCentral videos

Issue: 302 (8/02/2010)
Dodgy shelf Company - beware

Dodgy shelf Company - beware
Estate Planning Course

Issue: 301 (1/02/2010)
Strategies to test if a Super Fund is up-to-date

Estate Planning Course
Strategies to test if a Super Fund is up-to-date

Issue: 300 (27/01/2010)
Don't sue me but… You're fired

Don't sue me but… You're fired
Estate Planning Course

Issue: 299 (18/01/2010)
Naughty bank stuffs up Instalment Warrant

Naughty bank stuffs up Instalment Warrant
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 298 (11/01/2010)
Div 7A Loan Agreements that go for 25 years

Div 7A Loan Agreements that go for 25 years
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 297 (5/01/2010)
When is real-estate "trading stock"?

When is real-estate "trading stock"?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 296 (29/12/2009)
Can I illegally copy a legal document?

Can I illegally copy a legal document?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 295 (21/12/2009)
ATO conducting audits Christmas Day

ATO conducting audits Christmas Day
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 294 (14/12/2009)
Santa brings new employees

Santa brings new employees
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 293 (7/12/2009)
No formal business Will? - Let the fights begin!

No formal business Will? - Let the fights begin!
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 292 (30/11/2009)
The ATO should be renamed "The Fun Police"

The ATO should be renamed "The Fun Police"
Spending the kids inheritance a bit too early

Issue: 291 (23/11/2009)
Defacto misses out to distant brats

Defacto misses out to distant brats
Go back to work - pension to accumulation.
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 290 (16/11/2009)
Banks make fewer mistakes?

Banks make fewer mistakes?

Issue: 289 (9/11/2009)
High Court takes on Bamford - doing Trust Distribution Minutes in the meantime

High Court takes on Bamford - doing Trust Distribution Minutes in the meantime
New Document Alert: SMSF Revert to Accumulation Phase
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 288 (2/11/2009)
Pondering a Pension?

Add new beneficiaries to your trust?
Pondering a Pension?

Issue: 287 (26/10/2009)
ATO holds itself above Courts

ATO holds itself above Courts
Protecting Professionals with Pesky PDS

Issue: 286 (20/10/2009)
Trust distribution minutes after Bamford

Trust distribution minutes after Bamford

Issue: 285 (12/10/2009)
Jumping on Couches? Tom Cruise, Church of Scientology and Bamford

Jumping on Couches? Tom Cruise, Church of Scientology and Bamford

Issue: 284 (6/10/2009)
Mr & Mrs Bamford's Booty - Family Trust update

Mr & Mrs Bamford's Booty - Family Trust update

Issue: 283 (29/09/2009)
Estranged and deranged - small business owner

Estranged and deranged - small business owner
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 282 (21/09/2009)
Use your SMSF for good, not evil

Use your SMSF for good, not evil
Distributing the property's sale price to beneficiaries

Issue: 281 (14/09/2009)
Family Trust money going to children

Family Trust money going to children
All is not black and White for entities

Issue: 280 (7/09/2009)
Save your sanity with equipment rental agreements

Save your sanity with equipment rental agreements

Issue: 279 (31/08/2009)
Choose your own adventure - trust income edition

Choose your own adventure - trust income edition
What happens if the Appointor goes feral?

Issue: 278 (24/08/2009)
Dying without a Will - Intestacy

Dying without a Will - Intestacy
Staying out of court in a recession

Issue: 277 (17/08/2009)
Old people getting married

Old people getting married
Service trusts out of fashion?

Issue: 276 (10/08/2009)
Buy a house with friends. Or enemies.

Buy a house with friends. Or enemies.

Issue: 275 (3/08/2009)
Keeping the sausage business under control

Keeping the sausage business under control
SMSF assets – forbidden fruit

Issue: 274 (24/07/2009)
My wife the pig farmer

My wife the pig farmer
Psychic director: a fool for being rich

Issue: 273 (20/07/2009)
Botchy bank ripped me off

Botchy bank ripped me off
Tax pit falls for the seasoned expat

Issue: 272 (13/07/2009)
Daughter's lover takes dad’s money - father the ATM.

Daughter's lover takes dad’s money - father the ATM.
Borrow or invest in geared investments?

Issue: 271 (6/07/2009)
Take tardy superannuation trustees to court? Yes we can.

Take tardy superannuation trustees to court? Yes we can.
Bye bye Work Choices. Hello Fair Work.

Issue: 270 (29/06/2009)
2 days to go: End of Financial Year checklist

2 days to go: End of Financial Year checklist
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 269 (22/06/2009)
Your SMSF - farce and formalities

Your SMSF - farce and formalities
Spring clean company for end of financial year
The Gobble-dee-gook of trusts and companies
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 268 (15/06/2009)
Make love, not war - to your auditor

Make love, not war - to your auditor
Don't get caught without a commercial lease
Wind it up
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 267 (9/06/2009)
Restructuring super using pensions

Restructuring super using pension
Infiltrating Satan's lair
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 266 (2/06/2009)
Scandal - Division 7A promotes marital immorality

Scandal - Division 7A promotes marital immorality
Change Pensions in a
Get it right. Get it in writing.

Issue: 265 (25/05/2009)
Fire your mother-in-law

Fire your mother-in-law
Nightmare on Debt/Equity Street
Stop staff selling secrets

Issue: 264 (18/05/2009)
Get serviced by your trust

Get serviced by your trust
Urgent end of year planning for Super - post budget
Bankruptcy, bad customers and bad debts

Issue: 263 (11/05/2009)
Sneaky governments, corporate trustees and ulterior motives

Sneaky governments, corporate trustees and ulterior motives
Budget serves death knell to Super?
Want it to last longer? Division 7A Secrets.

Issue: 262 (4/05/2009)
Comply or Die - 2009 Key Dates for Your SMSF

Comply or Die - 2009 Key Dates for Your SMSF
Suing Mad? Get Your Money Back from Satan
Business Structure Showdown

Issue: 261 (29/04/2009)
An odd story for Anzac day?

An odd story for Anzac day?
$6 million in assets? Div 152 says that’s small
Superannuation buys new car for member - how much is 5%?

Issue: 260 (21/04/2009)
Rod Adler’s mum is not crazy - just too trusting

Rod Adler’s mum is not crazy - just too trusting
No repayments on SMSF car lease

Issue: 259 (14/04/2009)
Holidays = involuntary liquidation?

Holidays = involuntary liquidation?
Super Fund lends me money - rather than lease me assets?

Issue: 258 (6/04/2009)
Wife Goes Down with Director?

Wife Goes Down with Director?
The Sky is Falling Down - Copyright, Piracy and the Internet

Issue: 257 (30/03/2009)
Company versus Unit Trust?

Company versus Unit Trust?
Pension Payments - Without the Need to Retire?

Issue: 256 (23/03/2009)
Financial Planner pushes for Self-Managed Super - 8-step test

Financial Planner pushes for Self-Managed Super - 8-step test
SMSF - Devalued assets, diminished regulation?

Issue: 255 (16/03/2009)
Protect your privates

Protect your privates
Terminating employees - more expensive than you think

Issue: 254 (9/03/2009)
Binding Death Nominations – Unbound

Binding Death Nominations – Unbound
Trademarks – use it or lose it

Issue: 253 (3/03/2009)
Div 7A - Know thy capital. And pay it back

Div 7A - Know thy capital. And pay it back
Protecting Retirees by Changing Super Pension Drawdowns

Issue: 252 (23/02/2009)
Get rid of horrible wife from Family Trust

Get rid of horrible wife from Family Trust
Dead director, dead company

Issue: 251 (16/02/2009)
Sell your business, pay no tax

Sell your business, pay no tax
Bad Wills makes the tax man rich - The 6 greatest mistakes

Issue: 250 (9/02/2009)
Trusts better than a Company?

Trusts better than a Company?
Hype over Hyperlinks

Issue: 249 (2/02/2009)
SAS Test meets NUM3ERS

SAS Test meets NUM3ERS

Issue: 248 (27/01/2009)
Division 152 - Roll-over Beethoven

Division 152 - Roll-over Beethoven
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 247 (19/01/2009)
Son Leases SMSF Commercial Property

Tax and Divorce - a Glimmer of Relief
Son Leases SMSF Commercial Property

Issue: 246 (12/01/2009)
Part 2 - Who owns a dead body? Does the answer lay in the Will?

Part 2 - Who owns a dead body? Does the answer lay in the Will?

Issue: 245 (6/01/2009)
Part 1 - Who owns the dead body: wife or children?

Part 1 - Who owns the dead body: wife or children?
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 244 (22/12/2008)
Self Managed Super Funds and long overseas holidays - residency test

Season's Greetings from LawCentral
Mortgage Watchdog
Self Managed Super Funds and long overseas holidays - residency test
Are unit trusts better than companies?

Issue: 243 (15/12/2008)
Sell your business and start it up again around the corner?

Sell your business and start it up again around the corner?
Borrowing by Super Funds - A New Era of Advice

Issue: 242 (8/12/2008)
Split the Family Trust - Daughter wants the farm

Clone or split your Family Trust? The girl wants the farm
Trademarks vs Business Names - Do we really need Trademarks?

Issue: 241 (1/12/2008)
Trust cloning - no more tax breaks?

Trust cloning - no more tax breaks?
Tender Contracts - the hidden risks of tendering

Issue: 240 (24/11/2008)
Self-Managed Super Fund lends artworks to neighbour

Paying no tax when you sell your business
Lending artworks in your Self Managed Super Fund
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 239 (17/11/2008)
Many modern Family Trusts fail streaming

Fate and fickle fortune - or has Business Succession come of age?
Many modern Family Trusts fail streaming
CGT Small Business Concessions - a better way

Issue: 238 (10/11/2008)
SMSF Deeds compliant with AUASB Guidance Statement GS 009

NSW new land tax rates - shocks all round
SMSF Pension Pack: What about Super Guarantee?
SMSF Deeds compliant with AUASB Guidance Statement GS 009

Issue: 237 (3/11/2008)
Self Managed Super Deeds - what do the auditors actually audit?

Self Managed Super Deeds - what do the auditors actually audit?
Coins & art in your Super Fund - lease them out?

Issue: 236 (27/10/2008)
Small Business Concession: S-A-S Test

Small Business Concession: S-A-S Test
Glen is a forgiving man - but is he breaking the law?
What they're not telling you about the banks
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 235 (20/10/2008)
Business Succession Planning - Tim Pepper speaks out

Business Succession Planning - Tim Pepper speaks out

Issue: 234 (14/10/2008)
Modern Family Trusts don't contain schedules

Modern Family Trusts don't contain schedules
Are Self Managed Super Fund updates tax deductible?

Issue: 233 (7/10/2008)
Old Unit Trusts that can borrow money for your SMSF

Residential property getting CGT Small Business Relief
Old Unit Trusts that can borrow money for your SMSF

Issue: 232 (30/09/2008)
Small business concessions with 8 children

Small Business Concessions with 8 Children
Division 7A - new discretion is better (if you get it)

Issue: 231 (23/09/2008)
Wasting money on corporate trustee for Self Managed Super Fund?

Wasting money on corporate trustee for Self Managed Super Fund?

Issue: 230 (16/09/2008)
Secretary sells adviser's client list

Secretary sells adviser's client list
Company only for Self Managed Super Funds

Issue: 229 (8/09/2008)
Tax-free child support payments - taxing children #3

Tax-free child support payments - taxing children #3
Disabled Children pay 66% tax - taxing children #2
Gays now suffer the same fate as married couples
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 228 (1/09/2008)
Disabled Children pay 66% tax – No. 2

Disabled Children pay 66% tax – No. 2
Challenging a non-English speaking person's Will

Issue: 227 (25/08/2008)
Passive properties may still be "active" - CGT Concessions #1

Passive properties may still be "active" - CGT Concessions #1
Non-lawyers preparing Self Managed Superannuation Deeds
Some clarity on the new WA Duties Act

Issue: 226 (18/08/2008)
Taxation concerns for your children when you die

Taxing children in Wills
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 225 (11/08/2008)
Taxing disabled children

Taxing disabled children
Binding Financial Agreements
Who retains copyright in LawCentral documents?

Issue: 224 (4/08/2008)
Farmer lives on his Self Managed Superannuation farm

Farmer lives on his Self Managed Superannuation farm
How do I use these articles for my clients

Issue: 223 (28/07/2008)
Residential property owned instalments warrants

Using a company across state borders
Putting family homes into Super for use after retirement
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 222 (23/07/2008)
Hands off your Superannuation - new views on an old topic

Purchased a boat? Expect an ATO audit
Hands off your Superannuation - new views on an old topic
New Employment Contracts under Labour - small business beware
Buy residential property through a Warrant in your Super Fund

Issue: 221 (14/07/2008)
Giving someone the right to let you die

Allocated Pensions - convert to a new pension
The Spam Act – Beware!
Giving someone the right to let you die
Instalment warrants v’s out of date trust deeds
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 220 (7/07/2008)
Three ways to fund Instalment Warrants (SMSFs)

Three ways to fund Instalment Warrants (SMSFs)
Counterfeit products – how do I protect myself?
Using service trusts to wash out company losses

Issue: 219 (30/06/2008)
Instalment Warrants – don’t talk to the bank – End of Financial Year # 4

Instalment Warrants – don’t talk to the bank
Div 7A – last chance today
Employment Contracts after Rudd’s new rules
Lower tax rates pass parliament
Western Australian stamp duty abolished
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 218 (24/06/2008)
Art, SMSF and your next door neighbour

Art, SMSF and your next door neighbour
Div 7A - Amnesty Period almost over
LawCentral Document Price List

Issue: 217 (16/06/2008)
Div 7A Amnesty - only days left to go

Upgrade to LawCentral complete
Div 7A Amnesty – only days left to go
Auditor demands Super Fund’s Investment Strategy

Issue: 216 (3/06/2008)
Dad’s Superannuation to buy a shop for his daughter

Dad’s Superannuation to buy a shop for his daughter

Issue: 215 (28/05/2008)
Employers pay extra FBT thanks to the Budget - End of Financial Year # 3

Salary Sacrifice and Fringe Benefit Tax

Issue: 214 (19/05/2008)
Reviewing gay Entitlements before the end of Financial Year - End of Financial Year #2

SMSF Deed's v's Labor's Budget
Gays still victimised under Labor's state governments

Issue: 213 (12/05/2008)
Update your Family Trust Deed by 30 June - End of Financial Year #1

Is the Financial Planner liable?
Eleven Issues to consider in reviewing Family Trust Deeds

Issue: 212 (29/04/2008)
Your secretary walks with your client list?

How to wind up a Trust
Your secretary walks with your client list?

Deloitte Issue: 12 (29/04/2008)
Salary sacrifice - reap or risk?

Salary sacrifice - reap or risk?

Issue: 211 (22/04/2008)
Based wife loses her Pre-Nuptial Agreement

Employer lost $200m invention
Bashed wife loses her Pre-Nuptial Agreement

Issue: 210 (14/04/2008)
Transfer Property into SMSF for no stamp duty

CGT Concessions when you sell your business
Transfer Property into SMSF for no stamp duty

Issue: 209 (7/04/2008)
Part II: Splitting a Family Trust without stamp duty

Div 7A - yet more advice from the ATO
Part II: Splitting a Family Trust without stamp duty
What the ATO tells us about Super Instalment Warrants

Issue: 208 (1/04/2008)
Splitting a Family Trust in two

Self Managed Super Funds holding trust assets
Splitting a Family Trust in two

Issue: 207 (25/03/2008)
Are people living in sin victimised?

Are people living in sin victimised?
Gearing your Super the old fashioned way - Trevisan Trusts
Super as your child's piggy bank - sole purpose test?

Issue: 206 (14/03/2008)
Tax on dead people’s Superannuation – A Will won’t fix it

Paying tax on dad's home - a disgrace
Your Will can't control your Superannuation - so stop trying

Issue: 205 (10/03/2008)
New rules for Division 7A Loan Agreements

New rules for Division 7A Loan Agreements
Winding up the old RBL pensions

Issue: 204 (4/03/2008)
Doing a Will on YouTube

Restaurant into Superannuation with no stamp duty
Do a Will on YouTube
Integrated Legal Holdings releases 6 monthly report

Issue: 203 (25/02/2008)
Paying out Annual Leave to an Accountant

Paying out Annual Leave to an Accountant
Divorce, videos and your Will

Issue: 202 (18/02/2008)
Family Farm - don't leave it to the fairies

Family Farm - don't leave it to the fairies
Fix up old loans from your company – until 30 June 2008

Issue: 201 (11/02/2008)
Grieving widow angry that husband worked to death

Grieving widow angry that husband worked to death
Nine changes to Super that rocked our world

Issue: 200 (5/02/2008)
Key Person Insurance: Are you insuring the right guy?

Key Person Insurance: Are you insuring the right guy?
How to escape a decaying company
One property bad, two properties better

Issue: 199 (29/01/2008)
Hybrid Trusts - Where are we now? Where are we going?

Financial planner payments: “management fees” or loans?
An idle company can be expensive
Hybrid Trusts - Where are we now? Where are we going?
Risk versus Return - Residential Property as a managed investment

Issue: 198 (22/01/2008)
Wife goes down with company - husband skips away

How do I kill off an old company?
Wife goes down with company - husband skips away
Buying law firms

Issue: 197 (14/01/2008)
Creating a Will in your Super Fund?

What is needed in a Division 7A Loan Agreement?
Creating a Will in your Super Fund?

Issue: 196 (8/01/2008)
Hot tips v’s Super Fund’s Investment Strategy

Hot tips v’s Super Fund’s Investment Strategy
Am I giving legal advice when I use www.LawCentral.com.au?

Issue: 196 (7/01/2008)
Hot tips v’s Super Fund’s Investment Strategy

Hot tips v’s Super Fund’s Investment Strategy
Am I giving legal advice when I use www.LawCentral.com.au?

Issue: 195 (18/12/2007)
Gearing residential property into your Super Fund

New FBT exemptions for your Christmas Party
New tax rates under Labor
Gearing residential property into your Super Fund

Issue: 194 (10/12/2007)
Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) abolished by Easter

Daughter joins your Self Managed Super Fund
Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) abolished by Easter

Issue: 193 (3/12/2007)
Setting up a pension in a Super Fund

Personal Services Income Rules: There will be a test …
Setting up a pension in a Super Fund – takes 12 minutes

Issue: 192 (26/11/2007)
Charities and WorkChoices - new rules

Start Self Managed Pension without knowing capital amount?
Most Charities’ Employment Contracts don’t work

Issue: 191 (20/11/2007)
Brockie’s lasting legacy …

Many small contractors (including accountants) to be audited
Brockie’s lasting legacy …

Issue: 190 (12/11/2007)
Land Tax – Mum & Dad got 2 exempt properties

Land Tax – Mum & Dad got 2 exempt properties
Middle Class may now get Centrelink
Term Allocated Pensions are only a distant memory

Issue: 189 (7/11/2007)
November Net Nugget - $110 off SMSF Deeds

Self Managed Fund Investment Strategies post 1 July 2007
Independent Contractors Agreement – or are you an “employee”?
I paid too much Super - now what?

Issue: 188 (29/10/2007)
What happens when you pay your employees’ Superannuation one day late?

Moving to a Pension? You need a Product Disclosure Statement
Paying your employees’ Superannuation twice – by mistake

Issue: 187 (23/10/2007)
Pursuing the great Australian dream through your Super Fund

Pursuing the great Australian dream through your Super Fund
Legal Documents with a Click of the Mouse

Issue: 186 (15/10/2007)
Who owns what your employees create?

Dealers pay money to their Financial Planners for development?
Who owns what your employees create?
Attractive options for all

Issue: 185 (9/10/2007)
Non-lapsing binding nominations and marriage

Family Trusts can now pay Superannuation to its directors
Division 7A update in 4 minutes
Non-lapsing binding nominations and marriage

Issue: 184 (27/09/2007)
Leave farm to brother or wife?

Leave farm to brother or wife?
Your Will is useless when it comes to your Superannuation

Issue: 183 (25/09/2007)
Parent’s farm lost to their child’s defacto? - New defacto laws

Start a Superannuation pension without final accounts
Parent’s farm lost to their child’s defacto? - New defacto laws
Binding Nominations Vs Non-Lapsing Binding Nominations

Issue: 182 (18/09/2007)
Why can't I say where my Superannuation goes when I die?

Why can't I say where my Superannuation goes when I die?
Auditor demands updated Product Disclosure Statement

Issue: 181 (7/09/2007)
ATO Compliance Program: high net worth clients under attack

ATO Compliance Program: high net worth clients under attack
Private company loan relief

Issue: 180 (4/09/2007)
Don’t get sued - guide to tax advisers and accountants

Auditing a self managed super fund - ATO's speaks
Don’t get sued - guide to tax advisers and accountants
Allocated Pension’s new label: “Account-Based Pensions”

Issue: 179 (27/08/2007)
Receive a pension from your Super Fund while you work

Receive a pension from your Super Fund while you work
Avoiding GST on Family Trust transfers
Wrong Trustee? Breach of Self Managed Super Fund

Issue: 178 (20/08/2007)
Small Business CGT concession: $2m turn-over (2nd article)

SMSF Pension Kits in 9 minutes
Product Disclosure Statement for every Super Fund – surely you jest?
Small Business CGT concession: $2m turnover (2nd article)
Land holding trust gets CGT concessions with $2m turn over?

Issue: 177 (13/08/2007)
Auditor demands updated Product Disclosure Statement

SMSFs – Auditor demands updated Product Disclosure Statement
Employer forced to pay Employees to save marriage - WorkChoices not used
Platinum Membership Bonus

Issue: 176 (6/08/2007)
Superannuation tricks for a 66-year old

Platinum Membership Bonus
Company lends you money – new dangers in Div 7A
Superannuation tricks for a 66-year old

Issue: 175 (30/07/2007)
Rich people get CGT Small Business Concession

Small business CGT relief: $6m assets or $2m turnover tests?
Super Fund sacks its Company as Trustee

Issue: 174 (23/07/2007)
When Dad falls in love with the cleaner

Changing Members in a Self Managed Super Fund
Dad falls in love with cleaner
Trusted ways to reduce tax

Issue: 173 (16/07/2007)
Find romance and lose your family home tax free status?

Gift $1.7m commercial property into your Self Managed Super Fund
Find romance and lose your family home tax free status?

Issue: 172 (10/07/2007)
Advisers & Accountants: don’t witness Trustee Declarations

Advisers & Accountants: don’t witness Trustee Declarations

Issue: 171 (3/07/2007)
Auditors at risk with out-of-date Self Managed Superannuation Fund Deeds

Put $1.8m into your Super
Auditors searching for out-of-date Self Managed Superannuation Deeds

Issue: 170 (25/06/2007)
End of Financial Year: 6 - The 4 most asked questions for the end of financial year

Trustee of my Family Trust is not up-to-date - can it wait?
What Superannuation Concession Strategies are there before 1 July?
Is my Super Fund Investment Strategy "1 July 2007" compliant?
Can I document my Service Trust relationship next year?

Issue: 169 (18/06/2007)
End of Financial Year: 5 - Things to do before the end of the financial year

What I learnt from attending 17 ATO audits
Mortgage Watchdog
Tax free positions: rental property concessions

Issue: 168 (12/06/2007)
End of Financial Year: 4 - Do your Div 7A before the end of financial year

Bank errors in family mortgages
Avoiding Div 7A through Limited Partnerships
Accountants, Advisers and Lawyers ignore s260 Tax Office notices?

Issue: 167 (5/06/2007)
End of Financial Year: 3 - Service Trusts - ATO amnesty ended last week

Service Trusts - ATO takes gloves off
Superannuation - new rules for bosses paying Termination Payments

Issue: 166 (28/05/2007)
End of Financial Year: 2 ILH listing on ASX - extra allocation for LawCentral members

ILH listing on ASX - extra allocation for LawCentral members
Transferring property to your Super Fund

Issue: 165 (21/05/2007)
End of Financial Year 1 - SMSF Deeds: Is yours now compliant with the new changes

SMSF Deeds: Compliance is not complicated
Q & A: Property into Super Fund for no stamp duty

Issue: 164 (14/05/2007)
Property into Super Fund for no stamp duty

Are your Company Rules up-to-date?
Property into Super Fund for no stamp duty

Issue: 163 (7/05/2007)
Director even gets caught for occupational health

Director even gets caught for occupational health
Can a SMSF invest in Contracts for Difference (CFDs)?

Issue: 162 (30/04/2007)
New Disclosure for Self Managed Super Funds

Hybrid Trust - ATO's latest view
New Trustee disclosure requirements for Self Managed Super Funds

Issue: 161 (24/04/2007)
Super Fund pays for European research trip

Super Fund pays for European research trip
Single director companies – benefits beyond asset protection

Issue: 160 (16/04/2007)
Sperm donor kids – can they get their hands on your estate?

New small business CGT concessions backdated to 1 July 2006
Sperm donor kids – can they get their hands on your estate?

Issue: 159 (9/04/2007)
Mum and dad directors stuff up and sue their accountants

Mum and dad directors stuff up and sue their accountants
Dad wants to hand Family Trust to daughter
Residential Real Estate – Carrion or Caviar?
Tax effective leasing

Issue: 158 (2/04/2007)
Wife steals husband's super - is Super Fund liable?

Crusty Old Family Trust Deed sparkles again
Wife steals husband’s Super

Issue: 157 (26/03/2007)
Use Super Fund to pay off your home

Undeducted contributions
Commercial Property
Residential Property
Up-to-date SMSF Deed
Borrowing from SMSF Deed
Selling to your SMSF

Issue: 156 (19/03/2007)
Apathy - the greatest cause of the tired Partnership structure

The widow, business partner and dead husband
Apathy - the greatest cause of the Partnership structure
Dump Property in the name of Super, but is the timing right?

Issue: 155 (12/03/2007)
Employees may be liable not you – update your Employment Contracts

No FBT on shares for your staff
Employees may be liable not you

Issue: 154 (6/03/2007)
Anna Nicole didn't do her Will at Brett Davies Lawyers

The modern-day fairy tale: Anna Nicole and her will
Vulture Fund for Residential Property
Joint Tenancy – stop doing it
CGT concessions for businesses

Issue: 153 (26/02/2007)
Parents v's dead son's lover - the Superannuation prize-fight

Not all
Unlisted property trusts great for anti-cyclical
Parents v’s dead son’s lover – Superannuation fight

Issue: 152 (20/02/2007)
Asset Protection in Family Trusts after Westpoint

Asset Protection in Family Trusts after WestPoint
Exchange Traded Options in your Self Managed Super Fund
Sydney to close down for lack of water?
Is my SMSF Investment Strategy really that important?
Trust cloning works – But!

Issue: 151 (12/02/2007)
Selling a house – talk with your Adviser first

Brett Davies' angry list of ATO atrocities
Selling a house – talk with your Adviser first
Five Acts of Parliament to get one Employment Contract
Another SMSF Pitfall avoided

Issue: 150 (6/02/2007)
Super Funds can't lend money to family

Use a Trust to secretly buy your neighbours house
Residential property reduces risk in investment portfolio
Super Funds can’t lend money to family
Super Investment Strategy deal with Capital secure and high growth profiles?

Issue: 149 (29/01/2007)
Work Choices gives unfair advantage to only some Employers

Work Choices gives unfair advantage to only some Employers
Self Managed Super Fund lends money to brother
Residential Property - but where is the diversity?

Issue: 148 (22/01/2007)
Your Super Fund buys a painting but you can’t look at it

“Sophisticated investor” - get into secret investments
Can I look at a painting that my Super Fund owns? – “ancillary purpose”
Mum & Dad – should they buy residential property alone?

Issue: 147 (15/01/2007)
Invest in residential property through your adviser

Invest in residential property through your adviser
The Auditor of Super Funds is on your side
Division 7A – Government tries to help the nightmare along

Horwarth Issue 2006: 14 (15/01/2007)
Housing Marriages

Housing Marriages

Issue: 146 (8/01/2007)
What is "arms length" in a SMSF

Home garages not the place to run your business from
The bible has a few words about tax collectors
What is “arms length” in a SMSF?

Issue: 145 (18/12/2006)
Show the ATO Respect

Service Trusts - what is all the fuss about?
SMSF Investments - many are not compliant
Platinum Membership Bonus - Extension

Horwarth Issue 2006: 13 (18/12/2006)
Shareholder Warning?

Shareholder Warning?

Issue: 144 (11/12/2006)
Only people with no money should be directors

Court says: it is all about the trust deed
Buying a business - what questions to ask?
Only people with no money should be directors

Issue: 143 (4/12/2006)
Near 100% tax rate on loans from your company

Did your company “lend” you money?
So you don’t need help on your Super anymore?
A Current Affair - Mortgage Watchdog

Horwarth Issue 2006: 12 (4/12/2006)
Investments: Property or Shares?

Investments: Property or Shares?

Issue: 142 (24/11/2006)
Banks get windfall from interest rate hike?

Banks get windfall from interest rate hike?
Employment Contracts are designed with one purpose - to protect the Employer
Making someone else pay your CGT - Rollovers
Can Self Managed Super funds buy instalment warrants? The debate is over

Horwarth Issue 2006: 11 (20/11/2006)
Home Tax Tricks

Home Tax Tricks

Issue: 141 (20/11/2006)
More directors go down with the company

Platinum Membership Bonus
Asset Protection with no stamp duty or CGT
More directors go down with the company
Catholics and big families victimised by the Tax Act

Issue: 140 (13/11/2006)
Look and smell like an employee - but still a contractor?

Two best times to tax plan: death and divorce. Let’s look at divorce
Look and smell like an employee – but still a contractor?
Insolvent Subsidiaries Warning

Horwarth Issue 2006: 10 (6/11/2006)
Insolvent Subsidiaries Warning

Insolvent Subsidiaries Warning

Issue: 139 (6/11/2006)
Inheriting Capital Gains Tax with mum’s home

Bankrupting people that owe you money - the final satisfaction
Inheriting Capital Gains Tax with mum’s home
Continually updated Self-Managed Superannuation Deeds

Issue: 138 (30/10/2006)
Do your clients lend money within their family?

Do your clients lend money within their family?
Asset Protection

Issue: 137 (23/10/2006)
Reducing Capital Gains Tax down to 3%

Valuing assets for the $5m CGT small business test
Super Fund Investment Strategy "0 - 100%" for everything - not OK

Issue: 136 (10/10/2006)
Child Maintenance Trusts - when dad has to pay through the nose

Child Maintenance Trusts - when dad has to pay through the nose
Death wish - superannuation trustee speaks out: "No Investment Strategy for me"

Horwarth Issue 2006: 9 (9/10/2006)
Doing Your Homework

Doing Your Homework

Issue: 135 (2/10/2006)
Self-Managed Superannuation Funds enter the 21st Century

Self-Managed Superannuation Funds enter the 21st Century
Special Disability Trusts - not just an Estate Planning aid
Australian Financial Planning Handbook

Issue: 134 (25/09/2006)
Negative gearing - the adviser's dilemma

Positive gearing vs. Negative gearing – the adviser’s dilemma
“Working Pensions” for old people – a young person conspiracy?
Derivatives in a Self Managed Super Fund?

Horwarth Issue 2006: 7 (25/09/2006)
Welcome Foreign Born Talent

Welcoming Foreign Born Talent

Issue: 133 (18/09/2006)
Tax Advice and In-house legal advice is "privileged"

Tax Advice and In-house legal advice is "privileged"
Disability Trusts: Yes, they do exist
SMSFs: Assets acquired from related party on marriage breakdown
Legal Documents with a Click of the Mouse

Horwarth Issue 2006: 6 (11/09/2006)
Superannuation Opportunity – Urgent Action Needed!

Superannuation Opportunity – Urgent Action Needed!

Issue: 132 (11/09/2006)
Issue 132: Gays get no CGT relief when they split up

Questions about the new Super changes? Can Costello make it simpler?
Hybrid Trusts – 3 common questions
Gays get no CGT relief when they split up

Issue: 131 (4/09/2006)
Marry someone old to get your Super early

WorkChoices: Can trusts get the benefits as well as companies?
Marry someone old and poor to get your Super early

Issue: 130 (28/08/2006)
Child Maintenance Trust – your wife doesn’t need to know

The value of a Hybrid Trust
Child Maintenance Trust – your wife doesn’t need to know

Issue: 129 (23/08/2006)
Don’t die until you spend all your Superannuation

Contracts for Difference (CFD) in a Self Managed Super Fund
Don’t die until you spend all your Superannuation
WorkChoices: how do Employees get this protection?

Issue: 128 (14/08/2006)
One-man business - can he share his profit with his company?

One-man business - can he share his profit with his company?
Corporate Trustee only pays $40 a year ASIC fees
Risk Management Statements in Self Managed Super
Documents to help the Accountant’s and Adviser’s clients

Horwarth Issue 2006: 4 (14/08/2006)
Financing Interest Deductions

Financing Interest Deductions

Issue: 127 (7/08/2006)
Family Trusts subject to bankruptcy

Risk Management in Self Managed Super Funds - Derivatives
After 500 years - Family Trusts subject to bankruptcy
Winter Fuzzies promotion
Legal Documents with a Click of the Mouse

Horwath Issue 2006: 3 (7/08/2006)
A Home Advantage

Making your home a tax advantage

Issue: 126 (31/07/2006)
Self-Managed Super Fund buys Ferrari and artwork

Guardianship Orders are forced onto people with no Power of Attorney
Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) buys Ferrari and art work
Do all new companies get automatic Division 7A Loan Agreement?

Issue: 125 (24/07/2006)
Can unborn children be Executors in your Will?

Can unborn children be Executors in your Will?
What happens when Asset Protection turns into Bankruptcy? The untold story.
The Grim Reaper and your business: Part II

Issue: 124 (17/07/2006)
Family Home in your wife's name at risk

Business succession planning v's key person insurance
Family Home in your wife's name at risk
Removing your estranged brother as Executor

Horwath Issue 2006: 2 (17/07/2006)
Tax Free Sales

Tax Free Sales

Issue: 123 (11/07/2006)
Family Trust Splitting - can't change Appointor and God

Family Trust Splitting - can't change Appointor and God
Director goes down with the company – but the company remains solvent

Horwath Issue 2006: 13 (3/07/2006)
Property Trust tax sweetened

Property Trust tax sweetened

Issue: 122 (3/07/2006)
Free Public Trustee Wills can be very expensive

Free Public Trustee Wills can be very expensive
Employment Contract must be robust to last the distance
Is Hybrid Trust better than a Family Trust?
Business bank accounts, are they in danger?

Issue: 121 (29/06/2006)
End of Financial Year: 13 - Family trusts now under threat of receivership (Final Edition)

Family Trusts now under threat of receivership
End of Year

Issue: 120 (26/06/2006)
End of Financial Year: 12 - End of Year Planning - Assets Trapped in Deregistered Companies

Recovering Company Assets from ASIC After Deregistration
Avoiding Workers Compensation by Paying Dividends - Be Careful
Family Home’s Back Shed is Tax Deductible
Platinum Membership - Rate Rise

Horwath Issue 2006: 12 (26/06/2006)
Save Super Now

Save Super Now

Issue: 119 (19/06/2006)
End of Financial Year: 11 - hybrid trusts - 3 brilliant questions

Platinum Membership - Rate Rise
Splitting Super Contribution is Important
Can a Partner also Receive a Salary?

Issue: 118 (12/06/2006)
End of Financial Year: 10 - Five Most Overlooked Tax Planning Tips

Year End Planning Tips
Platinum Membership - Rate Rise
Are Trusts Always Better Than a Company?
Land Tax for Victorian Trusts – Avoid the surcharge
Relieving Shareholder Pain

Issue: 117 (5/06/2006)
End of Financial Year: 9 - Family trust distributions on ATO's radar

Family Trust Distributions minutes - Don't try these at home
Business bank accounts, are they in danger?
Platinum Membership - Rate Rise
Mum and Dad set up a business in the Family Trust
Do dead people pay tax at lower rates?

Horwath Issue 2006: 11 (5/06/2006)
Relieving Shareholder Pain

Relieving Shareholder Pain

Issue: 116 (29/05/2006)
End of Financial Year 8 - Children getting divorced - How can your family trust help?

Children getting divorced - how can your Family Trust help?
NAB's $80 million blunder - can it happen to me?
Power of Attorney for a company - gives you freedom to leave the country
Option Trading - tax confusion?
Hybrid Discretionary Trust and Tax Advice
Independent Contractor v's Employee: The new rules under Work Choices

Issue: 115 (22/05/2006)
End of Financial Year 7 - Hybrid Trust Vs Family Trust - Which is Best?

"Payable on Death" bank accounts
When do Undeducted Contributions drop to $150,000?
Loans from your company - why did the rules have to change?
Hybrid Discretionary Trust
Contribution splitting in your Super - still worth doing?
Clawing back excess interest charges from the banks

Issue: 114 (15/05/2006)
End of Financial Year 6 - Div 7A - when do I have to pay the capital back?

Div 7A – when do I have to pay the capital back?
Easter MovieMania Winners (Week 4)
The reduction of the tax rate won’t help small business owners much
Predictions for Superannuation post Budget

Issue: 113 (8/05/2006)
End of Financial Year Planning 5 – Super Splitting - Every SMSF before December 2005 needs updating

Super Splitting - Every SMSF before December 2005 needs updating
Easter MovieMania Winners (Week 3)
Australian Spam Laws - they just got the first guy
End of Financial year - Splitting trusts

Issue: 112 (26/04/2006)
End of Financial Year Planning 4 – Service Trusts - we told you the ATO had no idea

Hybrid Trust - saved the doctor losing his home
Easter MovieMania Winners (Week 2)
Purchased a Porsche 21 years ago? Lied on your tax return? Better see your accountant
5 Winning Shares
Service Trusts - we told you the ATO had no idea

Horwath Issue 2006: 08 (24/04/2006)
5 Winning Shares

Five Winning Shares

Issue: 111 (18/04/2006)
End of Financial Year Planning 3 – How to get rid of 4,000 Employment Awards?

Work Choices lets the employers reap their rewards (4,000 awards now gone)
Easter MovieMania Winners
Employer Survival Kit
End of financial year – have your say
Farm stamp duty exemption – not as automatic as some think

Horwath Issue 2006: 07 (10/04/2006)
Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Issue: 110 (7/04/2006)
End of Financial Year Planning 2 – Superannuation Contributions Splitting

Superannuation Contributions Splitting
Testamentary Trusts may need updating to get franking credits
Hybrid Trusts
Easter Moviemania

Issue: 109 (3/04/2006)
End of Financial Year Planning 1 - Employment Contracts

Are your Employment Contracts Work Choice ready?
Accountant gave wrong advice – but still not liable
Acknowledgement of Trust for Self Managed Super Fund assets
Tax Free Sale?

Horwath Issue 2006: 06 (3/04/2006)
Tax Free Sale?

Tax Free Sale?

Issue: 108 (27/03/2006)
Stamp Duty on the family home - how to get out of it

SMSF Investment Strategies - don't let them go out of date
Pre Div 7A loans - the ATO secret agenda
Stamp Duty on the family home - how to get out of it
Tax Free Dividends?

Horwath Issue 2006: 05 (27/03/2006)
Tax Free Dividend

Tax Free Dividend?

Issue: 107 (20/03/2006)
Self Managed Super Fund falls off the rails – what to do?

Self Managed Super Fund 2006 Investment Strategy v's the ATO
Your comments on what the ATO says about how much you need in your SMSF
Can a Self Managed Super Fund own a nightclub?
Self Managed Super Fund falls off the rails - what to do?

Issue: 106 (13/03/2006)
Sleep with your wife and lose your house - the new bankruptcy laws

Override Joint Tenancy just before you die – how the defacto can miss out
Cost of running a Self Managed Super Fund – according to the ATO
Don’t sleep with your wife – how to avoid the new Bankruptcy Laws

Issue: 105 (6/03/2006)
Has the ATO gone soft on Pre Division 7 loans?

Pre-Div 7A Loan Agreements get an extended life – but heed the ATO’s comments
Build a company that works throughout Australia
When do you need a business name?

Horwath Issue 2006: 04 (6/03/2006)
Deemed Dividend Danger

Deemed Dividend Danger

Issue: 104 (27/02/2006)
Superannuation and death – a tax by any other name smells as sour

Superannuation and death – a tax by any other name smells as sour
Setting up a charity – but which structure?
Commercial Lease in 13 minutes
Trusts & Victorian Land Tax
Vale Ray De Lucia

Issue: 103 (20/02/2006)
Self Managed Super Fund and no lease agreement

Leasing business property from your Self Managed Superfund
Employer paid super by mistake. Welcome to the arrogant super fund
Update Self Managed Super Fund Deed
Your adult children paying 31.5% tax on your Super when you die

Horwath Issue 2006: 03 (20/02/2006)
Golden Investment

Golden Investment

Issue: 102 (13/02/2006)
Accountants secret weapon: CGT Register

Alias names in Family Trusts
Accountants' secret weapon: CGT Register
I now leave the tax man 30% of my Super
Stamping Managed Investment Schemes
The Tax Justice Association
Home Sweet Home
Angelina and Brett have a baby boy

Horwath Issue 2006: 02 (13/02/2006)
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Issue: 101 (6/02/2006)
Family trust splits and clone benefits

Who can be partners?
Reserve benefits in Super Funds
SMSF strategies revealed
Time to trust yourself
Law firm receptionist opportunity

Issue: 100 (30/01/2006)
Assets in danger - Unit trust holders

Celebrating our 100th Bulletin!
Assets in danger - Unit trust holders
The ex-wife benefits from your trust?
Celebrate! Tax-free death benefits for all
WA CDs now abolished
The Plain Truth - Issue 15

McCourts Issue 15 (30/01/2006)
The Plain Truth - Issue 15

Super and your will
Too old to be a Virgin
When you sell be careful what you say

Issue: 99 (23/01/2006)
Asset declaration protects trustees

Asset declaration protects trustees
Unleash equity for investment
Updating permissive SMSF deeds
Celebrate! Tax-free death benefits for all
Challenges await right candidate

Issue: 98 (16/01/2006)
NAB overcharges, again

Ignore Div 7a at your own risk
NAB overcharges, again
Super tax savings of 31.5%
Family trust - to get or not to get

Issue: 97 (9/01/2006)
Keep your job take your super

Are trusts taxed as companies?
Planners subdue portfolio risk
Keep your job take your super
Updating SMSFs made easy
Seeking Sydney CEO & Finance Manager

Issue: 96 (19/12/2005)
Auditors and written SMSF lease explained

Wishing you joy, peace and happiness
Claiming tax deductions for gifts
Auditors and written SMSF lease explained
Salary Sacrifice often doesn't work
Updating SMSF Deeds

Issue: 95 (12/12/2005)
Written SMSF lease - Auditors stand firm

Pocketing small business rollovers
Compulsory ownership - SMSF trustees
Written SMSF lease - Auditors stand firm
Secure deductions

Horwath Issue 2005: 11 (12/12/2005)
Secure deductions

Secure deductions

Issue: 94 (5/12/2005)
SMSF Commercial Lease - impress ATO

SMSF Commercial Lease - impress ATO
CGT strategy - trust split costs
Company director can be secretary
Indemnity - directors' protective shield

Issue: 93 (28/11/2005)
Sweet inheritance turns sour

Leave loading mandatory for all?
Sweet inheritance turns sour
APRA approved funds - the afterbirth
The Plain Truth - Issue 9

McCourts Issue: 09 (28/11/2005)
The Plain Truth - Issue 9

Refshauge's Budget
Super Choice
Financial Planning Association
Aussie Home Loans held in check

Issue: 92 (21/11/2005)
The director drowns while his company floats

Unlocking SMSF lending requires 2 keys
The director drowns while his company floats
The Plain Truth - Issue 14
The LawCentral Promise

McCourts Issue: 14 (21/11/2005)
The Plain Truth - Issue 14

Cash Rates
Renting the Holiday Home
Workplace Surveillance

Issue: 91 (14/11/2005)
New superannuation strategies - for everyone

POA fallacy - starring stamping and registration
New superannuation strategies
The Plain Truth - Issue 10

McCourts Issue 10 (14/11/2005)
The Plain Truth

Do you sign cheques?
Protecting your legal advice
Update on Spam Act
Winding up notices

Issue: 90 (7/11/2005)
The heart reigns over the court

The heart reigns over the court
Legislation favours workers over the boss
Less is more
Smart Sale

Horwath Issue 2005: 09 (7/11/2005)
Smart Sale

Smart Sale

Issue: 89 (31/10/2005)
What profit is there in starting your own charity?

Enjoy your Superannuation without retiring?
Employers pay while employees play
Accurate property valuation frees hidden equity
What profit is there in starting your own charity?
POA advice - lawyers, neighbours or mechanics?

Issue: 88 (24/10/2005)
Prenups rescue Family Trust Tussles after Divorce

Australian Workplace Agreements Protect your Employee Not You
Family Trust Tussles after Divorce - Prenups to the Rescue
The Plain Truth - Issue 13

McCourts Issue: 13 (24/10/2005)
The Plain Truth - Issue 13

Trust to Trust Transfers and CGT
Kiwi Property Tax
Where are the Entrepreneurs?

Issue: 87 (17/10/2005)
Can we now have the ingredients to Coca Cola?

Buying a house with a friend may end the friendship
Product Disclosure Statements for Self Managed Super Funds - surely you jest
When do confidentiality agreements end? Can we now have the ingredients to Coca-Cola?
CGT trap for parents buying a house for children - Bare Trusts revisited
Dual Pension Strategy

Horwath Issue 2005: 08 (17/10/2005)
Dual Pension Strategy

Dual Pension Strategy

Issue: 86 (10/10/2005)
The Accountant, client and mistress: dying with Superannuation

Partnership Agreements - Do I get a salary, equity or both?
CGT trap when buying a house for your child
The Accountant, client and mistress: dying with Superannuation
A Smart Solution for Smart People
Seeking to employ a CEO & Finance Manager
The Plain Truth

McCourts Issue: 11 (10/10/2005)
The Plain Truth

Falling Off Your Chair
Employment Promises
Read it before you sign it!

Issue: 85 (3/10/2005)
Proving them wrong - Planners fight back after CHOICE report slam

All I want is some certainty as to where my Superannuation goes when I die
Pooled Development Funds - a tax rate of 15%
Proving them wrong - Planners fight back after CHOICE report slam
Winning Losses
CEO and Finance Officer applications close this Friday

Horwath Issue 2005: 07 (3/10/2005)
Winning Losses

Winning Losses

Issue: 84 (26/09/2005)
When Mum and Dad lend money to their Children

Streaming in Family Trusts - What about discounted Capital Gains?
You cannot assign copyright without a written agreement
Financial Planning for all Australians
How do you protect your Mum & Dad when they lend you money?
Seeking to employ a CEO & Finance Manager
The Plain Truth

McCourts Issue: 12 (26/09/2005)
The Plain Truth

Jet Ski Responsibility
Unsociable Conduct
Solicitors Wearing the Costs

Issue: 83 (19/09/2005)
Farmers Family Trust doesn't work for a factory

Farmers Family Trust doesn't work for a factory
I just want to leave some assets to a charity when I die
Binding Nominations for your Superannuation
Offer of Employment: for CEO & Finance Officer

Horwath Issue 2005: 06 (19/09/2005)
Joint Home Loan Savings

Joint Home Loan Savings

Issue: 82 (12/09/2005)
Where do I stamp my Family Trust? Does it matter?

Where do I stamp my Family Trust? Does it matter?
Family homes trapped in trusts and companies
Legacy issues in a Self Managed Super Fund Deed rewrite
What happens to a Power of Attorney when you die?

Issue: 81 (5/09/2005)
Brother attacking brother over residential home purchased

Family and Property - what happens when you fall out?
Accountants and Advisers give advice on administering a deceased estate?
Old Company Constitution - Update or Replace?
How did the Engineer running his Self Managed Fund go?
Dealer Groups get help on preparing Statement of Advice
New Release - Financial Calculators

Issue: 80 (29/08/2005)
Engineer thinks he can run a Super Fund all by himself

Partnerships of Family Trusts
Engineer thinks he can run a Super Fund all by himself

Horwath Issue 2005: 05 (29/08/2005)
Take a Tax Holiday

Take a Tax Holiday

Issue: 79 (22/08/2005)
Hidden Treasure: SMSF Tax Breaks and Estate Planning

Tax returns: Impossible to take ‘reasonable care’?
Changing beneficiaries in a Family Trust without a Resettlement?
Hidden Treasure: SMSF Tax Breaks and Estate Planning
Planning your moves to save tax

Horwath Issue 2005: 04 (19/08/2005)
Planning your moves

Planning your moves

Issue: 78 (15/08/2005)
Like diamonds, Div 7A Loans and Family Trust beneficiaries are forever - so choose wisely

ATO rejects Self Managed Super Fund because of old forms
Debt/Equity - confusion reigns
Like diamonds, Div 7A mistakes are forever
Family Trusts - can't change the beneficiaries later on
Business bank accounts, are they in danger?

Issue: 77 (8/08/2005)
NAB's $62 million blunder - can it happen to me?

Service Trusts, Negligence and Accountants
Your Software License Fee cannot protect you.
International Tax: Hong Kong takes another look at trust structures
Woolworths saved by Confidentiality Agreements - are you also protected?
NAB's $62 million blunder - can it happen to me?
When is Trust interest deductible?

Horwath Issue 2005: 03 (8/08/2005)
When is Trust interest deductible?

How is Trust interest deductible?

Issue: 76 (1/08/2005)
Land Tax and Trusts

"Mum & Dad Pty Limited" before, "Dad Pty Limited" after
Corporate Trustees Back in Fashion – but Deeds Out of Date
Clawing Back Excess Interest Charges from the Bank

Issue: 75 (22/07/2005)
Self Managed Super Funds and Choice of funds meets the real estate agent

Self Managed Super Funds and Choice of funds meets the real estate agent
Directors guarantees – how much is enough?

Issue: 74 (18/07/2005)
Employment contracts not just for employees

Business Will v’s Killing your business with love
ATO Guide: Tax Returns for lawyers
Employment contracts not just for employees

Horwath Issue 2005: 01 (18/07/2005)
Partnership Blunders

Partnership Blunders

Horwath Issue 2005: 02 (18/07/2005)
Super Window

Super Window

Issue: 73 (11/07/2005)
ATO vs Courts

Service Trusts - the ATO gets it a bit right
Trust Distributions and the "2 month" rule
Family Trust debts - wipe them out with no CGT or Stamp Duty

Issue: 72 (5/07/2005)
Happy New Year – Corporate Trustees are back and “unclean” Self Managed Super Funds are on the nose

Self Managed Super Funds under attack for not being clean
Do Family Trusts need a corporate Trustee?
Doing trust minutes in the New Year
New Year clean up

Issue: 71 (27/06/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 9 - The skinny on Distribution Minutes, SMSF and Debt/Equity

Distributions minutes - Don't try these at home
Too late to put the Div7A loan agreements in place?
What should a modern Self Manager Super Fund Deed contain?
Most commonly asked questions for complying Debt/Equity Loan Agreements
End of Financial Year - RECAP

Horwath Issue: 25 (20/06/2005)
'Super' Tax Planning

'Super' Tax Planning

Issue: 70 (20/06/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 8 - Get money out of Super while still working

Releasing Superannuation while still working?
Div 7A interest climbs to 7.3% - update the loan agreement?
Am I a contractor or an employee?

Issue: 69 (14/06/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 7 - Loans to companies – magically become injection of capital: “Debt/Equity Rules”

Complying with Debt/Equity rules: only a Loan Agreement away
Family Trust distributions minutes done in bed at 10 minutes to midnight 30 June

Issue: 68 (8/06/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 6 - The big tidy up: Debt/Equity; Div 7A; Pre-nups & Super

Advice to employees on Superannuation could cost you up to 2 years jail
Who is the employer – Service trust or core business?
Do I need a corporate trustee of my family trust?

Horwath Issue: 24 (6/06/2005)
Selling Your Business Tax Free

Selling Your Business Tax Free

Issue: 67 (30/05/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 5 - Employee claims another Employer scalp

Changes to Self Managed Super Deeds post - budget
What about putting Div 7A Loan Agreements in old Constitutions?
Employee claims another Employer scalp
Independent Contractors Agreement vs. Service Trust Agreement

Horwath Issue: 23 (25/05/2005)
Issue 23

Getting smart with Interest

Issue: 66 (24/05/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 4 - The big tidy up: Debt/Equity; Div 7A; Pre-nups & Super

Lending money to your company – and vice versa
Do the deemed Div 7A loan agreements work for “associates” as well?
NSW vs. Victorian Power of Attorney
Product Disclosure Statement for Self Managed Super Fund - before the end of the year
Pre-nuptials vs. Defacto agreements

Issue: 65 (16/05/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 3 - Div 7As, orphan children and auditor unfairly defamed

Do orphan children pay tax at 66%?
Service Trusts – asset protection plus reduce tax before the end of the year
Auditor complains that assets are Self Managed Super Funds - SMSF assets should be properly recorded
What is a Div 7A loan agreement doing in my Company Constitution?

Issue: 64 (10/05/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 2 – Cleaning up the Service Trust

Service Trusts – need the “glue” to bind them to your core business
Choice of Funds for Super – Super Funds need Participating Employer Kit
Is your Representative Agreement up to date?
Do you want to earn an income through LawCentral?
Interposed Election Scare

Horwath Issue: 22 (9/05/2005)
Super Recycling

Super Recycling

Issue: 63 (3/05/2005)
End of Financial Year Planning 1 - Father orders son's defacto out of house

Prepare for the End of Financial Year: the FAQ
Father orders son’s de-facto out of the house
LawCentral launches Platinum Membership

Issue: 62 (26/04/2005)
Accountant banned from charging standard accounting fees for his own Super Fund

Accountant banned from charging standard accounting fees for his own Super Fund
The Australian newspaper exposes death tax drama
Farmer won’t leave it to the fairies
New Service coming to LawCentral

Horwath Issue: 21 (26/04/2005)
Interposed Election Scare

Interposed Election Scare

Issue: 61 (18/04/2005)
How much CGT is on your family home when you die

Running business from home? Then pay tax on home
Superannuation Funds – need updating after choice of funds?
SMSF - Appoint New Member
Looking for WA Law Firm

Horwath Issue: 20 (11/04/2005)
Taxing "Tax Free" Distributions

Taxing ‘tax free’ distributions!

Issue: 60 (11/04/2005)
Only days left to fix up the Service Trust

Updating a Self Managed Super Fund – What do I say to my client?
Only days left to fix up the Service Trust
Set up a Self Managed Super Fund before the end of the financial year?
Taxing "Tax Free" Distributions

Issue: 59 (5/04/2005)
Auditor cruelly attacks accountant over a potential conflict of interest

In my Family Trusts I only want companies
Auditor cruelly attacks accountant over a potential conflict of interest
Share Scare - the Implications of Issuing Shares

Horwath Issue: 19 (5/04/2005)
Share Scare

Share Scare

Issue: 58 (29/03/2005)
Can you have one central Self Managed Deed for the whole world

Superannuation Testamentary Trusts
One central Self Managed Deed for the whole world?
Want to add another director to the company?
Retirement Planning - Downgrading your home

Issue: 57 (21/03/2005)
Real estate agent accused of not following Best Practice for his own company

Testamentary Trust – tax planning tool only
Child Maintenance Trusts (CMT)
Real estate agent accused of not following Best Practice for his own company
Power of Attorney – Unfair attack on Accountant
Family Trust, Unit Trust and the Company as Trustee

Issue: 56 (15/03/2005)
Are Directors liable for debts only for Insolvent Trading?

Are Directors liable for debts only for Insolvent Trading?
Super Fund Deed way out of date
Do senior managers need employment contacts?

Horwath: Issue 18 (14/03/2005)
Trust Splitting

Splitting Assets

Issue: 55 (8/03/2005)
Will your Unit Trust bring you down?

Does your Unit Trust fail Asset Protection?
Self Managed Superannuation Fund Alert - Are you Section 103
Banks Undervaluing your Property? LawCentral's solution.
Financial Adviser and Accountants enter the Divorce arena

Issue: 54 (28/02/2005)
Dealing with the banks undervaluing your property

Where are all the company Resolutions?
Friendly ATO visit destroys Trustee of Super Fund
Gays not included as beneficiaries in old Family Trust
Independent Contractors Agreement - Workers Comp, Super Guarantee
Loan Agreement
How much CGT do you pay on your family home?
Dealing with the banks undervaluing your property

Horwath: Issue 17 (28/02/2005)
Are you married? If so, you may be dudding your spouse.

Married and Dudding

Issue: 53 (21/02/2005)
Are you paying twice as much Child Support as you should?

Independent Contractors Agreement Overhaul.
How does death affect assets in a SMSF?
Are you paying twice as much Child Support as you should?
Is Business Succession Planning Insurance Tax deductible?
Bare Trusts - the saga of Stamp Duty and CGT.

Issue: 52 (14/02/2005)
Buying real estate secretly and hiding assets – the birth of the Bare Trust

Leave assets in my Will to the Family Trust
Where is a financial planner to turn?
Can I buy property secretly? Can I hide assets?
How do I vest a trust for the Trustee and the beneficiaries?
Do Unit Trusts have limited liability like companies?
Corporate Trustee vs. Mum and Dad in your Super Fund

Horwath Issue: 16 (14/02/2005)
Consolidation Alert

Consolidation Alert

Issue: 51 (7/02/2005)
Can a Self Managed Super Fund Bankrupt the Trustees?

Self Manager Super Funds – Who should be the trustee?
The benefits of Negative Gearing your property
Managing the risk of a SMSF Investment Strategy
NSW “independent contractors” must get proper contracts

Issue: 50 (31/01/2005)
Probation periods in employment contracts – “try (your employee) before you buy”?

Probation periods in employment contracts – “try (your employee) before you buy”?
Debt Recognition Agreement
Email Product Disclosure Statements to clients?
Hint updated as laws change

Horwath Issue: 15 (31/01/2005)
Employers at Risk

Employers at Risk

Issue: 49 (25/01/2005)
Predictions for 2005

Estate Planning – for Advisers and Accountants
Superannuation – is the ATO still our friend?
Service Trusts & Independent Contractors Agreement
Asset Protection

Issue: 48 (24/01/2005)
ATO kicks small business owner for no Loan Agreement

When are Accountants deemed Directors?
How exposed are Family Trusts for property and employment?
ATO kicks small business owner for no Loan Agreement
Predictions for 2005

Issue: 47 (19/01/2005)
Do Appointors in Family Trusts have to act unanimously

“Substantial inconvenience” not a defence to Asset Protection
Self Managed Super, Product Disclosure Statements and TAPS
Do Appointors in Family Trusts have to act unanimously?
Income Equalisation in the Corporate Group
Want to build a LawCentral document in bed?

Horwath Issue: 14 (17/01/2005)
Sweet Packages

Sweet Packages

Issue: 46 (10/01/2005)
Power struggles in the Family Trust - Can the Trustee get away with murder?

Is the Appointor really God in a Family Trust?
Evil Boss tries forgery for a lost Self Managed Super Fund
Asset Protection Breach: Mum remains the Company Secretary
LawCentral Bulletins Back Issues – The Bulletin Bookshelf
Saving time with fund analysis.

Issue: 45 (6/01/2005)
Do I pay CGT under a LawCentral “pre-nup”?

Do I pay CGT under a LawCentral “pre-nup”?
Estate Planning and Superannuation
Where is my Tax Invoice on www.lawcentral.com.au?
Buying a house? Haven't got enough cash on your own?
LawCentral seeks Software Tools
Do you need anything else?

Horwath Issue: 13 (30/12/2004)
All Geared Up

All Geared Up

Issue: 44 (21/12/2004)
Paying the Taxman more than you should?

Closing over the Holidays? LawCentral won’t be.
LawCentral Christmas Bonus to the first 50 Members
Structuring a professionals business
How “independent” does a trustee of a public offer Super fund need to be?
Gov’t updates Div 7A - Loans from trustees
Family trust elections - now at any time – conflicts with Family Trust deeds
Paying the Taxman more than you should?

Issue: 43 (14/12/2004)
Are agreements between couples binding?

Are agreements between couples binding?
Adviser wants to put out a Newsletter

Horwath Issue: 12 (6/12/2004)
No Options

No Options

Issue: 42 (6/12/2004)
Superannuation for Contractors - You have got to be kidding?

Independent Contractors and compulsory Superannuation
Asset Protection, the director and the company – the unholy trinity
Struck off as a director – credit issues
No bank can demand a common seal

Issue: 41 (29/11/2004)
How do I keep my husband’s fingers out of my Will?

How do I keep my husband's fingers out of my Will?
Setting up financial planning businesses
Setting up a financial planning Dealership
The 6 most asked questions on Family Trusts

Issue: 40 (22/11/2004)
I have updated my Self Managed Super Fund - who do I tell?

Can I enforce annual leave?
I have updated my Self Managed Super Fund - who do I tell?
Do you see any issues with Mum being the company secretary?
Does the Company Constitution need to be signed?

Horwath Issue: 11 (22/11/2004)
Tax Free Property

Tax Free Property

Issue: 39 (16/11/2004)
Did you get a letter from the ATO about your Self Managed Super Fund?

Are Company Secretary Files still needed?
Spitting Trusts and bare trusts
Did you get a letter from the ATO about your Self Managed Super Fund?

Issue: 38 (9/11/2004)
Independent Contractors Agreement v's Service Trust- explain the difference

Reducing Land Tax
My daughter is going to purchase a house with some friends
Insurance to protect a business
Service Trusts – do I put in the prices?

Horwath Issue: 10 (8/11/2004)
Taxing New Wine

Taxing New Wine

Issue: 37 (5/11/2004)
Will bankruptcy finish my career as a company director?

What is a doting father to do when he lends money?
Auditing your housing loan
Most important thing in a Self Managed Super Deed?
Will I loose my right to be a director?
Product Disclosure Statement requirement for Self Managed Superannuation Fund - The debate is now over

Issue: 36 (26/10/2004)
What can you shield from an ATO raid?

Employment law all shaken up
Trust Splitting as an Asset Protection strategy
The ATO has a Warrant - What can they raid?
Are there mistakes on your mortgage?

Horwath Issue: 9 (25/10/2004)
Consolidation Break Up

Consolidation Break Up

Issue: 35 (21/10/2004)
How do I replace a lost Trust Deed?

Lost Trust Deed – what do I do?
Asset Protection and a new company
Another strange clause in some Self Managed Super Funds
Baby boomers retiring – “the team of 3” in Business Succession Planning

Issue: 34 (14/10/2004)
Financial Advisers and Accountants forced to enter the Divorce arena?

Financial Advisers and Accountants forced to enter the Divorce arena?
Comments from members on Non-Binding Nominations in your Superannuation
Purchase a holiday home in your Self Managed Superannuation fund?

Horwath Issue: 8 (11/10/2004)
Shareholder Loan Warning

Shareholder Loan Warning

Issue: 33 (6/10/2004)
ATO targets financial services and property people

Where does my Superannuation go when I die?
Are directors of failed companies allowed to fight against the liquidator’s “friendly” settlement with the ATO?
ATO targets financial services and property people
Employment Contract should have “sunglasses” requirement
Keep the shareholding secret in a new Company?

Issue: 32 (28/09/2004)
the “mad house” that is the ATO – Salaried Partners must have Employment Contracts

Why update my Self Managed Super Deed? Part 2
Divorce v Bankruptcy
Salaried Partners must have Employment Contracts – the “mad house” that is the ATO
Many new Self Managed Super Fund Deeds are already out of date - A focus on “Silly Restrictions”
Accountant caught in a director's war - and company only just formed

Horwath Issue: 7 (27/09/2004)
Tax Free Share Sale

Tax Free Share Sale

Issue: 31 (22/09/2004)
Accountant caught in a director's war - and company only just formed

Become the Master of your Business with Mastermind
Many new Self Managed Super Fund Deeds are already out of date - A focus on “Silly Restrictions”
Accountant caught in a director's war - and company only just formed

Horwath Issue: 6 (13/09/2004)
Shareholder Loans Barred

Shareholder Loans Barred

Issue: 30 (10/09/2004)
Can the Trust structures be used for mum & dad?

Trust structures for mum & dad – not just for business owners
Should the 3 Generation Testamentary Trust be Permissive?

Issue: 29 (1/09/2004)
Incorporate your own company - yourself

Service Trusts are not just for accounting houses – a potential strategy for every business
Capital Protected Trusts
Incorporate your own company - yourself

Horwath Issue: 5 (30/08/2004)
Sharing Taxes

Sharing Taxes

Issue: 28 (25/08/2004)
Are your Tax Minimisation Strategies really Tax Evasion?

Tax Planning vs. Tax Evasion - make sure you are doing one but not the other
No “fault” divorce?

Issue: 27 (20/08/2004)
Judge gives new powers to Family Trusts

Business Succession Planning
Judge gives new powers to Family Trusts
Importance of Email Disclaimers
Invitation to partner with LawCentral

Horwath Issue: 4 (16/08/2004)
Distribution Disaster

Distribution Disaster

Issue: 26 (13/08/2004)
ATO cashes in on Super Stuff up

Officers, Senior Managers, Employees - CLERP 9 less confusion, more liability.
ATO cracks down on replacement SMSF Deeds
Divorced, wife gets the property? What are the CGT implications?
What is Estate Planning?

Issue: 25 (5/08/2004)
Div 7A Loans from trusts now liberated by a loan agreement

Div 7A Loans from trusts now liberated by a loan agreement
Ryan’s Case tells a story about Contracts of Service and Employment Contract
New pro-defendant rules attack Accountants, Real Estate Agents, Financial Advisers, Doctors and Lawyers
Director jailed for Insolvent Trading

Horwath Issue: 3 (2/08/2004)
Legitimate Split

Legitimate Split

Issue: 24 (28/07/2004)
A win for common sense - Bankruptcy laws withdrawn

Bankruptcy laws withdrawn
Loaning money to your company?
Your company loaning money to you?
Brett Davies Lawyers takes on the challenge for SMSFs.
Contract of Service for Service Trusts

Issue: 23 (21/07/2004)
Husband's company collapses - Wife sues accountant

Single Director Company – what duty to inform the client?
New research shows Directors go down with the company 75% of the time
Estate Planning Checklist
Do I draft a new Div 7A each year?

Horwath Issue: 2 (19/07/2004)
Tax Consolidation Alert

Tax Consolidation Alert

Issue: 22 (14/07/2004)
ATO Raids Accountants - Service Trust Crackdown

ATO cracks down on Contracts of Service...Accounting house raided
ATO does damage without CGT Asset Register
Same Sex Couples to get Superannuation
LawCentral releases Victorian Letter of Demand

Issue: 21 (6/07/2004)
Proposed bankruptcy laws - the new form of contraception

Asset Protection for the company – ATO dusts off an old law
Self Managed Super Funds – there are risks and work to be done
Did you buy your wife an engagement ring? She may have to hand it back – the new Bankruptcy rules
Written a paper or article?

Horwath Issue: 1 (5/07/2004)
ATO AUDITS LOW DOCUMENT LOANS

ATO Audits Low Document Loans

Issue: 20 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 7) (27/06/2004)
Last email from Brett Davies for this financial year- the count down begins now!

Family Trust Distributions - minutes done by Wednesday night?
Brett Davies Lawyers works with other lawyers
End of year bonus can't go to Super unless ...
Can't get enough on Div 7A?

Issue: 19 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 6) (19/06/2004)
Div 7A - The 2004 Budget changes are not for this year

Div 7A - The 2004 Budget changes are not for this year
What about the old 108 loans - deemed
What about loans I have made to the company?
The ATO auditor said
Joint Ventures - clean them up before the end of the year - the ATO tells us how...
More reasons to update your old Self Managed Super Deed
You can still make your own complying pensions in your Self Managed Super Fund - for now!
Split your family trust in half before the end of the financial year

Issue: 18 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 5) (16/06/2004)
Superannuation through your Testamentary Trust.

Div 7A loan agreements and Statement of Recognitions
"3 Generation Testamentary Trusts" and the new Super regime - effective 1 July 2004
How does the Accountant and Adviser set up the

Issue: 17 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 4) (9/06/2004)
Product Disclosure Statement for your SMSF- Time is running out

Self Managed Superannuation Funds- Most Deeds are out of date
Is your new Self Managed Superannuation Fund Deed Prepared by Tax Lawyers - OR someone else?
Product Disclosure Statement for your SMSF - Time is now running out
Buying & Selling a Business - Chapter 2 (continued from last week)
ATO wins on Service Trusts and GST on sale of businesses

Issue: 16 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 3) (3/06/2004)
Employee's wonder widget made at your cost - who owns it?

Cheeky employee makes off like a bandit. Who owns the stuff your employee makes?
Selling a business – don’t do it without your Accountant, Advisor and Tax Lawyer.

Issue: 15 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 2) (26/05/2004)
Govt gives one last chance for Div 7A

Division 7A - Loans by private companies to shareholders
Phil Ruddock's asset protection: LawCentral's response
Auditors refuse to sign off on Self Managed Super Funds that don't have a PDS.
Beware the New Stamp Duty Rules for NSW Real Estate

Issue: 14 (Budget 2004) (19/05/2004)
Doomsday - Rethink your Asset Protection & Self Managed Superannuation

Self Managed Super Funds - the budget shocker
Phil Ruddock talking tough on asset protection
Personal liability extended for directors of corporate trustees
Service Trust arrangements under fire – advisers, accountants, lawyers and real estate agents watch out.

Issue: 13 (End of Financial Year Planning No. 1) (12/05/2004)
Dad dies. Son denies loan. It's time to sue.

Splitting Trusts
Time to write off those bad debts
Loans to friends, family and others
Changes to Laws of POA Victoria
Brett Davies becomes Chairman of Art Gallery Foundation

Issue: 12 (7/05/2004)
How will the Changes to Section 109 UB affect you?

SMSFs role in Succession Planning
Changes to Section 109UB

Issue: 11 (28/04/2004)
Can your SMSF buy your home and lease it back to you?

Can your Self-Managed Super Fund buy your home and lease it back to you?
Splitting Family Trusts. Can the daughter get the farm and son get the financial planning business?
Powers of Attorney - changes lead to a confusing mess

Issue: 10 (21/04/2004)
Are you an Accidental Spammer?

Are you an Accidental Spammer?
Important issues about your Real Property.
We now have 24/7 contact number for any legal advice

Issue: 09 (8/04/2004)
Real Estate agents railroad clients with Joint Tenancy

Real Estate agents railroad clients with Joint Tenancy
Do all Self Managed Super Funds need a PDS?
Will you get sued over the business you sold last year?
After 3 years of ATO control – Dracula finally gives a big smile

Issue: 08 (31/03/2004)
ATO attacking Mum and Dad's for their Family Trust loans

Div 7A and Statements of Recognitions - do they save everyone?
Is your "independent contractor" an employee?

Issue: 07 (22/03/2004)
Product Disclosure Statements for Self Managed Superannuation Funds - final evidence the ATO has lost the plot.

Product Disclosure Statements for Self Managed Superannuation Funds - final evidence the ATO has lost the plot
You can now own your own law firm

Issue: 06 (17/03/2004)
Don't get caught out with an invalid Will

New Changes to the NSW Power of Attorney laws
Don't get caught out with an invalid Will

Issue: 05 (11/03/2004)
Why amend your SMSF to include Binding Nominations?

SMSF Trust Deeds & Product Disclosure Statements
Why amend your SMSF to include Binding Nominations?

Issue: 04 (3/03/2004)
The Corporations Law nightmare continues...

The Corporations Law nightmare continues...
Planning on buying or selling a business?
Major Website Upgrade for www.LawCentral.com.au

Issue: 03 (18/02/2004)
Why must Family Trusts be CGT Compliant?

Why must Family Trusts be CGT Compliant?
Trustees caught out by ATO'S reviews of SMSFs

Issue: 02 (23/01/2004)
ATO attacks Key Person Insurance

ATO attacks Key Person Insurance
Buying property with a family member?
Estate Planning and Wills

Issue: 01 (8/01/2004)
Why amend your self-managed super fund to include binding nominations?

Why amend your self-managed super fund to include binding nominations?
Transfer of Financial Planning Business? Save on Stamp Duty
 







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