An Occasional Blog from the Chancellery

​26.02.2020 SUPERANNUATION GUARANTEE (SGC) AMNESTY  - Important opportunity to fix your employee super, but there's a sting in the tail!

29.07.19 MASSIVE RETROSPECTIVE CGT HIT STILL THREATENS NON-TAX RESIDENTS OF AUSTRALIA - Non-Resident CGT traps still lurking

20.06.19 YEAR END CLIENT BRIEF 2019 - Our coverage of issues commonly relevant approaching financial year end

• 03.05.19 CLAMP DOWN ON ABNs - An announcement in the 2019 federal budget
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  • 02.04.19 SUPERANNUATION GUARANTEE ON ANNUAL LEAVE LOADING - Clear as Mud!
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• 13.03.19 INCREASED QUEENSLAND LAND VALUATION NOTICES - Happy Days!..... or Not.
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• 15.02.19 SMSF MEMBER LIMIT INCREASE BILL INTRODUCED - Don’t hold your breath waiting for Labor to pass it.
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• 01.02.19  2019 NEW YEAR UPDATE - New Year Update including coverage of Labor policy proposals
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• 25.06.18  YEAR END CLIENT BRIEF 2018 - Our coverage of issues commonly relevant approaching financial year end​                   
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• 11.05.18  FEDERAL BUDGET 2018 - Understanding The Turnbull/Morrison 2018 Federal Budget
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• 12.09.17  SUPER ASSETS TOTAL $2.3 TRILLION - Quarterly MySuper Statistics          
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• 04.09.17 JUNE QTR 17 BENCHMARK STATISTICS - We have updated our internal investment benchmarks for the June Quarter 2017
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• 23.06.17  YEAR END CLIENT BRIEF 2017 - Our coverage of issues commonly relevant approaching financial year end
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• 12.05.17  FEDERAL BUDGET 2017 - Understanding The Turnbull/Morrison 2017 Federal Budget
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• 06.04.17  MARCH QTR 17 BENCHMARK STATISTICS - We have updated our internal investment benchmarks for the March Quarter 2017
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• 21.03.17  SUPER REFORMS - KEY ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES - Super changes effective from July 1 
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• 03.02.17 DECEMBER QTR 16 BENCHMARK STATISTICS - We have updated our internal investment benchmarks for the December Quarter 2016
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• 14.11.16  WHAT CHEESE'S THE TAXMAN OFF? - The ATO have published a list of "What Attracts Our Attention" 
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• 14.10.16  SEPTEMBER QTR 16 BENCHMARK STATISTICS - We have updated our internal investment benchmarks for the September Quarter 2016
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  15.09.16  REVISED SUPER POLICY - $500k Lifetime Cap Gone
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• 27.06.16  2016 END OF FINANCIAL YEAR NEWSLETTER - End of year client brief
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  20.06.16  ATO CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES FOR PROPERTY DISPOSAL  - New Foreign resident capital gains withholding tax regimes
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• 17.06.15  2015 YEAR END NEWSLETTER - Financial Year End 2015 - As investors and business owners we are stuck, for the moment, with...
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• 14.05.15  2015 FEDERAL BUDGET NEWSLETTER - There are plenty of Federal Budget reports in the press or through other subscriptions. The focus of this report is to consider         selected...
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• 12.05.15  FEDERAL BUDGET EVE: Federal Budget 2015-16 Pre Budget Night Summary Information - Will this budget be enough to wake up the voting public?
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• 17.04.15  IRR Report: March 2015 Quarter - Internal Rate of Return Report - Click here for our analysis of the March Quarter
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• 01.04.15  Essential Tax Reform or Micturition Into the Wind? - The obstacles to the Abbott Government achieving any meaningful tax reform are numerous. Not only is there a Senate arguably incapable...
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• 20.02.15  Are Death Duties Inevitable? - An article posted by the Grattan Institute this week is yet another warning that circumstances are positioning us for...