MAStech's Little Black Book

MAStech's Little Black Book is now available as a mobile app. It contains the essential facts and figures that financial advisers generally access on a daily basis, incorporating the current taxation, superannuation and social security rates and thresholds for the financial year 2011/12.  We hope you, as a financial adviser, find it a valuable tool.

MAStech, a part of Macquarie Adviser Services, is a team of technical specialists who provide technical solutions and strategies, education tools and resources to registered financial intermediaries.  Their knowledge, experience, and passion for all things technical set MAStech apart from their competition – they have the qualifications, skills and resources to deal with a wide range of technical issues.

Explore the Little Black Book by topic:

• Personal taxation
  Key personal income tax rates and thresholds, tax offsets and rebates and family benefits and payments
• Superannuation accumulation phase
  Contribution rules and thresholds, deductibility issues, co-contributions and other super accumulation data
• Superannuation transitions
  Benefit cashing issues, preservation, conditions of release, tax treatment of benefit payments
• Superannuation and estate planning
  Tax treatment of death benefits, definition of dependant
• Superannuation pension phase
  Tax treatment of income streams, pension payment factors, life expectancies
• Social security and aged care
  Key rates and thresholds used to determine eligibility for the Age Pension and the cost of Aged Care.

David Barrett
Head of MAStech
Macquarie Adviser Services

FAQ

Where can I download MAStech's Little Black Book?

Search for 'MAStech' in the App Store or find it via the MAStech website.

Can I view MAStech's Little Black Book online or through my iPhone?

The Little Black Book is available only in hard copy or as a mobile app. If you are a financial adviser registered with MAStech, you can also download the MAStech Big Black Book from the MAStech Library website.

I'm having some technical issues...

Drop us a line, we'd be happy to help: mastech@macquarie.com