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COVID-19 – Providing concessions for the LRBA in my SMSF

The economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are causing significant financial distress for many businesses and individuals.

If your SMSF has a related party loan and is impacted due to the financial effects of COVID-19, you may be able to provide your LRBA with relief under an agreed commercial arrangement.

Ordinarily, not paying market interest rates in an SMSF is usually a breach of superannuation laws. However, the ATO have provided guidance which allows SMSFs with an LRBA to negotiate a reduction in or waiver of interest payments because of the financial impacts of the COVID-19.

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Have you considered what you will do if an unexpected event occurs?

Your SMSF is a long-term plan.  Much can happen during this time including illness, incapacity or death of a member.

It is best practice to have contingency plans in place to deal with unexpected events. For example, if a fund member dies, leaving you as the sole member are you happy to continue with the SMSF?

Outlined are some issues to consider planning for as trustees.  Leaving the planning to when, and if an event happens may be too late.

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Property and my SMSF

Property and my SMSF

Directly held property makes up approximately 19% of all SMSF assets, indicating that many SMSF trustees consider it’s an important and significant part of a diversified portfolio.  There are numerous strategies and ways for property to form part of an SMSF’s investments and each must be carefully considered.

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Property and my SMSF

The directly held property makes up approximately 19% of all SMSF assets, indicating that many SMSF trustees consider it’s an important and significant part of a diversified portfolio. There are numerous strategies and ways for property to form part of an SMSF’s investments and each must be carefully considered.
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Mortgages

Time to Review your Mortgages

According to Galaxy research, that iSelect arranged, one third of mortgagors have not reviewed their mortgage options in the last five years and over 80% of Australians do not know their mortgage rate.

If you could pay less in interest rates, grow your superannuation benefits faster or just pay less in fees is it not worth knowing about?

There is a misconception that moving lenders is costly and a hassling event, this is not always the case. The potential saving gains that can occur, when switching a loan to one with a lower interest rate, can sometimes be underestimated.

This year we will be encouraging our clients to do an annual home loan check, both outside of their SMSF and within for the Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangement (LRBA’s) in place.