by Team Garnet | Mar 17, 2022 | Superannuation
The downsizer age limit will be lowered from 1 July 2022. If you’re thinking of downsizing, you can boost your super at the same time. To help those nearing retirement boost their super balances, those aged 65 and over are able to make downsizer contributions of up to...
by Team Garnet | Feb 4, 2022 | Business Structures, Small Business, Superannuation, Tax News
Is your business is offering rewards or incentives to your employees and/or the general public to get Covid-19 vaccination or the booster? There may be tax consequences. With most of Australia and the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses,...
by Team Garnet | Nov 18, 2021 | Superannuation
Changes to the work test, downsizer contributions, first home super saver scheme, and the minimum threshold for super guarantee has been introduced. How will these changes to super affect you? The government has recently introduced a raft of superannuation and related...
by Team Garnet | Oct 14, 2021 | Superannuation
The ATO has announced the extension of various COVID-19 relief for SMSF trustees to the 2021-22 financial year. Due to the ongoing economic impacts of COVID-19 on large parts of Australia, in particular, those States and Territories which have had to endure lengthy...
by Team Garnet | Sep 30, 2021 | Business Structures, Small Business, Superannuation
There’ll soon be an extra step for employers that hire new employees in relation to the recent stapled super fund changes. Employers beware, from 1 November 2021, if you’re hiring new employees, there may be an extra step involved in determining which super fund...
by Team Garnet | Aug 18, 2021 | Superannuation, Tax News
From 1 July 2021, a whole raft of super changes as a part of the government’s more flexible superannuation has come into effect. Three of the most important superannuation changes consist of: the increase in bring-forward arrangement contributions cap, the removal of...