Tenancy – being your own landlord

Bill is very excited; he has been thrifty and has now been able to purchase an investment property. The house is quite old but a very solid 3 bedroom double brick home in pretty good condition. In order to save costs, Bill has decided to look after the...

The pain of company guarantees

Your farming clients Paul and Mary have suffered an extended drought and are unable to meet their latest bank interest payment. They have come to you for advice. Their trading entity (which owes the money) is a discretionary trust with a corporate trustee of...

SMSF’s and estate planning

Over the past 20 years or so, about $1.7 trillion has accumulated in superannuation funds across Australia. Only Denmark holds more per capita in super.  As a result, superannuation is often an individual’s largest asset, often surpassing the family home....

Present pain and future property

You do a lot of work with Samantha, a local accountant, so are not surprised when she calls to say she has a group of clients who are pooling their resources to buy a country property called ”Last Retreat” located not so far from the town in which you live...