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Foreign Superannuation – to bring back or not to bring back
That is the Question… On Thursday 27th February 2014, the Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill received Royal Assent, the final part of the process that brings a new piece of legislation into effect. While also confirming the tax rates for the coming 2015 tax year, a prime focus of the Bill […]
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2014 budget – "the white budget??"
While many are referring to the recently released Australian budget as the “Black Budget”, not so for our own issued by Bill English yesterday (15th May 2014). The Budget in itself was fairly tame, not surprising considering it is an election year. And being an election year, there was of course a sly mention that […]
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Trans-tasman portability of retirement savings
From 1 July 2013, new rules surrounding the portability of retirement savings will come into effect. Under the new regime, certain Australian superannuation funds and New Zealand KiwiSaver funds will be able to be transferred between countries, effectively enabling a person to “take home” any contributions they have made to an approved retirement scheme while […]
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2013 budget update & highlights
Predictable, boring… just a few words that have been used to describe this year’s Budget. How it affects you? Unsurprisingly, the 2013 Budget focussed more on social policy changes and trying to deal with the issues of affordable accommodation and child poverty than making any significant changes to the tax legislation. In fact the tax […]
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