Legislation has passed that will enable people aged 65 or over to make additional super contributions of up to $300,000 per person from the proceeds of the sale of their home from 1 July 2018. These are known as ‘downsizer contributions’ and they can be made on top of the existing contribution caps, without having […]
by David Buchanan, Director & DLA Private Wealth In a recent report by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) there were 590,102 Self-Managed Superannuation Funds in Australia at the close of the March 2017 quarter [1]. This represented an increase of more than 22,000 SMSFs since March 2016, suggesting that Australians favour managing their own […]