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21/09/2011 | INFORMAL FAMILY AGREEMENTS TO BUY PROPERTY – THE PITFALLS Let’s face it, finding the money to buy your own property can be tough. Property prices these days are steep and getting a loan can be difficult. Getting a little help from family to enter the property market often makes sense...
31/08/2011 | STAMP DUTY SAVINGS WHEN YOU TRANSFER PROPERTY TO YOUR SUPERFUND A useful tax planning strategy can be to transfer real estate that you own in your own name, to a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) of which you are a member. Until recently, doing this would have meant paying the NSW Government...
17/08/2011 | WILL AWARENESS Wills. We think about making one from time to time. Or we make one and then forget all about it, regardless of our personal circumstances changing. Or we make one using a store-bought Will-kit, without advice, and hope it all pans out...
27/07/2011 | DON’T FORGET ABOUT YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET Superannuation. These days it’s considered one of your most important assets, if not the most important. There’s a tendency to assume that when you die your super will go to the people you’ve nominated in your Will. Surely...
13/07/2011 | BUT I DIDN’T SIGN ANYTHING! You might think that because you haven’t signed a formal contract you can’t be held accountable for breaching it. Don’t you have to sign something to be legally bound to an agreement? No. But it’s a mistake many people make...
18/05/2011 | A FAMILY TRUST COULD SAVE YOU They’ve been around for quite some time. Those ‘in the know’ set up a family trust years ago to benefit their family financially. But if you’re not a financial planner or lawyer you could be forgiven for just making a will and avoiding...
18/05/2011 | A GOOD TIME TO PROTECT YOUR WEALTH You’re probably sick of hearing the expressions, “today’s economic climate” and “the global financial crisis”. In actual fact, experts agree that the recession hasn’t affected Australia too badly. Certainly the economy is recovering...
4/05/2011 | THE HOUSE IS MINE - WE WEREN’T DE FACTO! OR WERE WE? And there you were thinking your relationship was safely ‘non-de facto’ and your property out of reach of your partner should the relationship run its course. Don’t you have to live together as a couple to be considered de facto?...
20/04/2011 | DOLPHIN IN THE RATZ RANKS As Josh Crowther found himself on the bottom of a particularly vicious ruck last Saturday he was caught in a difficult dilemma. Josh, half back for the Forster-Tuncurry Dolphins rugby team,was playing his team’s most bitter rivals...
16/03/2011 | IT’S TIMES LIKE THESE WE CONSIDER OUR OWN MORTALITY Floods, cyclones and earthquakes tend to get us thinking. Things sometimes happen that are beyond our control; that change the course of our future. As distasteful as it may be to ponder your own mortality, here’s the thing...
9/03/2011 | MOTHER NATURE VERSUS BEACHSIDE LIVING You’d imagine that owning a beach house might serve to reduce stress levels. The sound of waves; the feel of sand beneath your toes; that nature-inspired switch-off from work pressures. But these days, the fear of rising sea levels...
23/02/2011 | BUT I MADE A WILL! Most people would be horrified to think that their estate might not end up in the right hands when they die - particularly when they have gone to the trouble of writing a will...
3/11/2010 | ARE YOU PREPARED FOR YOUR COMPANY TO FAIL? All businesses run the risk of failure. You can’t always predict what lies ahead; whether the economic climate will change, impacting poorly on your business’ cash flow and overall profitability. Whether that brilliant idea will fail to...
15/09/2010 | ARE YOU WILLING TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY? This week the NSW government is focusing on getting people to write a will, through a campaign called ‘Good Will Week’. The law in relation to inheritance changed in March this year...
21/07/2010 | IT’S TRAUMATIC ENOUGH - MAKE IT EASIER Writing a will. It’s something many of us never quite get around to doing. We tend to assume those we love will automatically be provided for in the unfortunate event of our death; that the plan in our head will come to fruition...
9/07/2010 | REGIONAL LAW SOCIETY PRESENTATION David Fryatt - solicitor from Stacks/The Law Firm, Taree - will be a presenter at the Regional Law Society's "Succession - Contested Wills" event in Newcastle on Friday 6 August...
21/06/2010 | ENDURING GUARDIANSHIP AND POWER OF ATTORNEY What is an Enduring Guardianship or Power of Attorney and why do I need one? View the online brochure to learn more...
21/06/2010 | FUNDED BUSINESS SUCCESSION AGREEMENTS What is a funded business succession agreement and why would I need one? View the online brochure to learn more...
21/06/2010 | SUPERANNUATION BORROWING RULES Can a self managed super fund take out a loan to acquire an asset? View the online brochure to learn more...
21/06/2010 | WEALTH PROTECTION WILL Why use a Stacks/Wealth Protection will? View the online brochure to learn more...
10/02/2010 | Farm Succession - keeping it in the family Making sure the family farm stays in the family might seem pretty straight forward. But there are a number of complex issues that can arise...
9/12/2009 | Where there's a will... Writing a will is something we may not want to think about it, or don’t consider to be a pressing need right now...
24/09/2009 | Work Choices Versus Fair Work There is no question that Howard's Work Choices was unpopular.
6/08/2009 | A Good Time To Protect Your Wealth You're probably sick of hearing the expressions, "today's economic climate" and "the global financial crisis".
23/03/2009 | Contesting A Will While most people leave their assets to family members and/or life partners, some choose to bequeath estates to friends, charities and specialist causes.
1/03/2009 | What happens to your super when.. Most people have significant sums of money invested in superannuation funds. Importantly, when a member of a superannuation fund dies, the balance of their account in the fund does ..
1/11/2008 | You can't take it with you In this issue of Stacks Wealth Protection Bulletin, we consider some very important fundamental issues concerning wealth protection.
