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FirstTech Podcast — 127 episodes

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1

Question on the month: Granny flat arrangements

2

Leave payments on retirement: Lump sum vs taking leave

3

Latest News - April 2026

4

Payday Super - Impact on contribution strategies

5

Q&A: End of financial year super strategies

6

Latest News - March 2026

7

The latest Division 296 tax proposal

8

Latest News - Feb 2026

9

Question of the month: Why does my client have excess non-concessional contributions?

10

Transfers from foreign retirement schemes that are not foreign super funds

11

Latest News - November 2025

12

Significant changes announced to Division 296 tax proposal

13

Latest News - October 2025

14

Question of the month - What happens when a SMSF trustee undertakes work for the SMSF?

15

Question of the month - CGT & the Main Residence Trap for Non-Residents

16

Recontribution strategies: What works, what doesn't

17

Latest News - September 2025

18

Question of the month: The Ins & Outs of Downsizer Contributions for Couples

19

Death Benefit Pensions: The 5 Most Asked Questions

20

Latest News - August 2025

21

Question of the month: Company directors and the retirement condition of release

22

Important tax return issues relating to financial planning strategies

23

Latest News - July 2025

24

Question of the month: Timing & Varying Notices of Intent to Claim Super Deductions

25

Division 296 - Super Tax Strategies & Withdrawal Timing

26

Latest News - June 2025

27

Contribution splitting - Frequently asked questions

28

Latest News - May 2025

29

Division 296 - Where are we now?

30

Updating investment balances with Centrelink: Tips and Timing

31

Consequences of an SMSF failing the minimum pension standards

32

Latest News - Federal Election wrap up and more...

33

End of financial year super strategies 2024-25

34

Latest News - March 2025

35

Navigating minimum annual pension payment rules

36

Understanding Powers of Attorney

37

Commuting a TAP under legacy pension rules

38

Latest News - February 2025

39

Exceeding the non-concessional contributions cap - options

40

Latest News - Nov/Dec 2024

41

New Tax Determination clarifies deductibility of advice fees for individuals

42

Legacy pension conversions and reserves

43

Major changes to home care

44

Latest News - October 2024

45

Are TTR strategies still effective?

46

Major aged care changes from 1 July 2025

47

Latest News Sept 2024

48

How to exclude a small business CGT, personal injury or downsizer contributions from counting towards the NCCs cap

49

Homeloan offset accounts vs redraw facilities

50

Latest News - August 2024

51

Latest News - July 2024

52

Super contributions & the law of mistake

53

Question of the month - Centrelink assessment of multiple funeral investments

54

Salary sacrifice considerations for 2024/25

55

Division 296 tax with Peter Burgess

56

Latest News - June 2024

57

Things to do before 30 June

58

Latest News - May 2024

59

The impact of super rollovers on financial planning strategies

60

Death benefit vs member benefit

61

Latest News - April 2024

62

End of financial year superannuation strategies

63

Who is a spouse for tax and super purposes?

64

Latest News - March 2024

65

Latest News - February 2024

66

Personal deductible contributions and Division 293 tax

67

Latest News - What's in store for 2024?

68

Principal home sale proceeds exemption

69

Division 293 - comparing payment options

70

Winding up an SMSF

71

Draft legislation for the new Division 296 tax

72

Increased flexibility for the First Home Super Saver Scheme

73

Advice implications of the stage 3 tax cuts

74

Latest News - Sept 2023

75

Question of the month - Division 293 tax and super death benefits

76

Centrelink payment for carers

77

TBC event based reporting changes for SMSFs

78

Important tax return issues relating to financial planning strategies

79

Mortgage stress - is super the answer?

80

Personal deductible contributions - tips and traps

81

SMSFs investing in ungeared unit trusts & companies (13.22C)

82

Super, social security and terminal illness

83

Should you rollover a grandfathered account based pension?

84

Recontribution strategies - tips and traps

85

Interdependency relationships

86

Question of the month - Division 293 tax and carry forward concessional contributions

87

Super and non-residents

88

Transfer balance cap $1.9M from 1 July 2023

89

CGT implications of inheriting a main residence

90

Spouse equalisation strategies

91

Question of the month - Total super balance vs transfer balance cap

92

Question of the month - Lifetime CGT cap timeframes

93

Restructuring death benefit pensions

94

Centrelink assessment of renting rooms, self-contained areas or dual occupancy

95

Question of the month - When does a super fund apply the tax-free uplift?

96

Super death benefits paid to non-tax residents

97

Enduring powers of attorney and SMSFs

98

SMSF SuperStream rollover traps and how to avoid them

99

What qualifies as gainful employment

100

Adding a reversionary beneficiary without a pension refresh

101

Latest News July 2022

102

SMSFs investing in a private company

103

High Court decision on SMSF binding nominations

104

Centrelink assessment when a member of a couple dies

105

Work test removal and recontribution conundrums

106

Deceased estates - taxation and Centrelink

107

Small business owner's retirement plans can impact tax and super

108

SMSF central management and control

109

Six member SMSF

110

Contribution reserves and SMSFs

111

Death benefit income streams and the transfer balance cap

112

Foreign super fund transfers

113

Exploring the retirement condition of release

114

Invalidity super issues

115

Testamentary trusts and tax issue

116

Leave payments on retirement: Lump sums vs taking leave

117

Impact of negative returns of super tax components

118

Sole purpose test

119

Accessing super under the financial hardship condition of release

120

Total super balance - inclusion of LRBA amounts

121

Receiving Age Pension Overseas

122

Super Contribution Splitting

123

Co-investment owners, partnerships and financial planning considerations

124

Alternative Centrelink Assessment - Member of a Couple Enters Care

125

Tax on Super Death Benefits Paid to Estate vs Beneficiary

126

Expansion of Work Bonus to Self-Employed

127

When I'm 64