Property is a broad asset class encompassing office buildings, factories, shopping centres and other developments. Super funds can either invest in these investments directly or indirectly, via listed property trusts.
The following articles refer to Property and superannuation.
Q: My wife and I purchased a licensed post office and freehold in 1995 from Australia Post. In addition to the licence, we acquired one title with one building (part is leased to a commercial tenant and part we use to run the post office) a freestanding shop was added in [...]
Q: Since we can now use super to purchase real estate, is this also true for property in the United States? Can you provide me with some guidance on how I could find out the process and correct entities to form to do this? Thanks.
Trish’s response: Before I answer your question, I need to clarify [...]
Q: If I purchased a rental property in my SMSF for say $200,000 five years ago and the house is now valued at $300,000 in the SMSF what will be the capital base for the calculation of future capital gains tax (CGT) if I transfer the house out of the fund? [...]
Q: I am one of those people (and my wife) who made the decision years ago to invest in property rather than super. Now at 60, (wife 55) I am retired and live off my property investments. I have 14 tenants in 2 separate complexes and a separate house all in [...]
Q: If my self-managed super fund (SMSF) owns an investment property, and the SMSF later sells the property, what is the amount of capital gain tax payable by the SMSF?
Trish’s response: Before I respond, please note that anyone considering the tax implications of a strategy or investment decision should [...]
Q: I have an investment unit. I would like to keep this unit as long as possible. The unit is a safe income stream and is a safe haven against a possible outbreak of hyperinflation (all this printed money may eventually generate inflation). However, if I have to sell it later, [...]
Q: I am interested in setting up a self-managed fund. I would like to know more about rules for purchasing property in a super fund, and whether it is possible to use borrowings to do so. Could you recommend a book that would cover this in detail?
Trish’s response: A self-managed [...]
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