Max Newnham
SUPER
Avoid pension pitfalls with precise retirement planning
Max Newnham How can you work out if your investments will provide for you sufficiently in retirement?
PLANNING
Steering super your way
Max Newnham Understanding that super is only a vehicle for accumulating retirement funds is the first step to working out what type of fund is best for you.
SUPER
Drive your own fund and save
Max Newnham Blaming superannuation for your losses makes as much sense as blaming a car that cuts you off. The vehicle is not at fault, it's the driver.
PLANNING
Cutting through the confusion about super
Max Newnham Keeping an eye on what fees you are paying will help you get the most out of your retirement money.
PLANNING
Get the most out of the age pension
Max Newnham Understanding how the tests applied by Centrelink work can result in the age pension received being maximised.
Business Maxims
Maximising payments made to a company owner
Max Newnham There can be disadvantages in operating a business through a company.
A new age of winners and losers
Max Newnham The federal government announced in February that it was reducing the deeming rates that Centrelink uses to assess eligibility for the age pension.
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Timing crucial in maximising super benefits
Max Newnham As a result of changes to tax rates for 2013, some people will be pay more tax on their super.
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Token super tax rules won't fix injustice
Max Newnham In March the Gillard government introduced legislation into Federal Parliament to make superannuation ''simpler and fairer".
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Negotiating the super maze to a secure future
Max Newnham When legislation was introduced for choice of superannuation fund, it did not apply to everyone.
Business Maxims
Making sense of the GST
Max Newnham The effect of GST on businesses depends on the type of customers they have. Goods or services supplied to other GST-registered businesses reduces the impact of GST.
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A financial future to safeguard everyone
Max Newnham When the Future of Financial Advice legislation comes into effect there will be two classes of investors in Australia, those with old money and those with new.
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Keeping good company a super idea
Max Newnham One of the key steps in setting up an self-managed superannuation fund is deciding who.
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Property increasingly popular for SMSFs
Max Newnham The popularity of self-managed super funds is explained in a Australia Taxation Office report.
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Super levy rise a hefty price to pay, for some
Max Newnham The passing of the carbon tax legislation has created a great deal of controversy.
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Super contributions on the way up (hopefully)
Max Newnham Legislation was introduced this week to increase compulsory employer super.
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Many benefits from setting up your own fund
Max Newnham For starters, being in control of your financial destiny, not being hampered by bureaucracy.
Caribbean dream: expat tax rules
Max Newnham It pays to get a grip on tax laws if you're working overseas.
Investment properties: the income, capital gain trade-off
Max Newnham How to work out allowable tax deductions for investment properties.
