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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are widely popular these days, with more than 600,000 Australians owning shares in them.

But as the October tax return deadline looms closer, they’re warned not to make any errors or omissions in their submission to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Following the ATO’s 4 tips to first-time ASX investors earlier this month, H&R Block tax communications director Mark Chapman spoke to The Motley Fool about ETFs specifically.

“Whilst investing in an ETF might look similar to an investment into an individual share, the tax implications are very different,” he said.

“Basically, an ETF takes the form of a trust. The return paid by an ETF takes the form of a distribution from the trust.”

How ETF income reporting is a landmine

As far as investors are concerned, they just receive one income from an ETF — a distribution.

But because ETFs themselves invest in a wide variety of stocks, that distribution could come from many different sources.

Chapman named dividends, franking credits, interest, foreign income and capital gains, as just a few examples.

“Each of those individual elements then needs to be split out by you and entered into the correct boxes on your tax return,” he said.

“The potential for mistakes is considerable!”

Lucky for ASX investors, there’s one document that’ll save you

Fortunately, each year ETF providers will send to all shareholders what’s called a Standard Distribution Statement (SDS).

That document breaks down all the different sources of your ETF income, giving you the exact numbers to fill in for specific boxes in your tax return.

“Make sure you look out for — and keep — your annual tax statement because without it, completing your tax return accurately can be almost impossible,” said Chapman.

The ATO also reminded investors that the statement has another useful purpose.

“When an investor disposes of units, the SDS will show the capital gains or losses made from the sale of the units which also need to be included in tax returns.”

Chapman warned that the tax office now uses data matching to verify numbers, so accuracy is paramount.

“The fact that the ATO now receives pre-fill information about ETFs makes it even more important that the income and gain are disclosed and that the disclosures are correct,” he said. 

“The ATO can now match your tax return with the information received from funds and if there is a difference, you can expect a ‘please explain’ letter from the taxman.”

He added that a professional look over the tax return couldn’t hurt.

“The many different taxable elements of an ETF can be difficult to understand and including the information on your tax return — in the correct boxes — needs an expert eye.”

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The Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) share price has slipped into the red over the last few days and, at the time of writing, is trading at $25.18.

Whereas the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has fallen 2.3% over the last week, Westpac’s shares have dipped 2.7% into the red.

Let’s take a look at what’s causing these selling pressures for the banking giant’s shares.

What’s up with the Westpac share price lately?

The big market mover for the Westpac share price has been the company’s announcement to trim its savings rates by 0.5%.

Specifically, it cut rates on its “life savings” products by 0.5% for account holders aged 18-29 and 0.1% for all other ages. The introductory rate on its “eSavers” account is also 100 basis points lower after the decision.

Westpac has carried the haircut through to each of its subsidiaries, St George, Bank of Melbourne and Bank SA.

The “Big 4” member’s decision marks its third rate cut within the last year, after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) adjusted the cash rate in November 2020.

Following this decision, the Westpac share price has plummeted from $26 and seems set on a southward course.

Adding more fuel to the fire is a recent note out of leading broker Bell Potter Securities on Westpac’s shares.

In its analysis, the broker reiterated its hold rating and feels Westpac shares are trading on a rich valuation at the moment.

It also was dissatisfied to see the company’s approximate 90% sale of Westpac Bank PNG Limited was blocked by Papua New Guinean authorities.

As such, Bell Potter sees better value elsewhere – although, as The Motley Fool’s James Mickelboro notes, Citi has the opposite view of Bell Potter. It has a buy rating and a $30 price target on the Westpac share price.

The sum of these two events appears to be some of the fuel that is propelling the Westpac share price lower this past week.

Westpac share price snapshot

It’s not all doom and gloom for the banking giant’s share price.

Westpac shares have climbed ahead of the broad indices this year and have posted a return of 29% since January 1.

Over the last 12 months, the Westpac share price has gained a further 52%, well ahead of the broad index’s gain of 25%.

Despite this, Westpac shares are down around 3% over the last month as well.

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price is currently down by close to 1% despite revealing a new investment.

What is CBA’s latest investment?

The major big four bank has made an investment in a fast-growing Australian property management company called “:Different” which has thousands of owners, tenants and properties under management.

CBA is making this strategic move with its venture-scaling entity called x15ventures.

Some of x15ventures’ other investments include Unloan, Payable, Doshii, CreditSavvy and Backr.

CBA will be taking a minority shareholding in :Different.

:Different was co-founded in 2017 by Mina Radhakrishnan and her husband Ruwin Perera. It was explained that they have experience at other tech companies including Google and Uber.

The idea of this business is to digitise many parts of property management to remove and reduce pain points, paperwork, admin and time consuming manual tasks faced by property owners, investors and renters. Some of the things that it does includes streamlining the process to report, quote and manage maintenance requests.

CBA said it planned to make :Different eventually available through the CommBank app to help people through the property buying process. This will work with one of CBA’s other investments, Home-In, which is a digital home loan conveyancing platform. CBA customers will get exclusive discounts and benefits.

Management commentary

CBA Group Executive Retail Banking Services, Angus Sullivan, said:

As the country’s biggest supporter of getting Aussies into homes, we aim to be the most trusted partner at the centre of our customer’s lives and be there for them at moments that matter. Today’s announcement to partner with such a disruptive business further differentiates and expands what we are able to deliver for our investor home loan customers.

Much like our recently announced investments in Amber and Little Birdie, this is an example of us carefully selecting a high-profile, high-growth tech enabled business and exclusively introducing them to CBA customers to offer an enhanced level of service. We see this partnership as an important part of our overall home buying strategy and one that will be core to the way we support our customers to manage their homes and grow their wealth.

So why might the CBA share price be falling?

It may be useful to think about today’s CBA movement in the context of the whole market. There have been concerns about a Chinese property developer called Evergrande, which analysts worry could possibly lead to economic contagion to other areas.

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell around 1% in early trading, though it is now slightly up on yesterday. Other banks are also down – the National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) share price is down around 1%, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ASX: ANZ) share price is down 0.2% and the Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) share price is down around 0.6%.

However, the iron ore miners have seen a little rebound this morning. At the time of writing, the BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price is up 1.6%, the Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) share price is up 1.7% and the Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price is up 2.4%.

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As the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) sinks this month, it has never been more important to be selective about which stocks to buy.

The ASX 200 has dipped 3.9% in September, and no one knows whether this is the start of a larger correction or if it’s a temporary hiccup.

Fortunately, 3 experts have each revealed one ASX share that they think will go gangbusters over the next 12 months.

The quality of these businesses, they say, could prove to be more resilient against market corrections than more speculative, momentum-reliant stocks.

The ASX share that ‘consistently outperforms’

Switzer Financial director Paul Rickard rates CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) as “Australia’s best healthcare company”.

“I just love CSL for all the right reasons,” he told Switzer TV Investing.

“It consistently outperforms. In other words, it tells the market one thing then delivers results that are better.”

CSL’s massive plasma collection business in the US took a hit after COVID-19 arrived due to lower numbers of donors coming forward.

But, in the long run, the coronavirus might have had a positive impact on CSL and its peers.

“The pandemic has got to be good longer-term for health companies. I think we’re all going to be a lot more conscious of these things,” he said.

“My guess is CSL is going to be one of those companies that’s going to be well-supported even in a bear market.”

CSL shares were trading at $306.78 on late Tuesday morning, which is 7.6% up so far this year.

‘Oversold’ and ready to ‘bounce back’

A fertiliser producer is Burman Invest chief investment officer Julia Lee’s pick.

“If you’re talking about the next one year, probably Nufarm Ltd (ASX: NUF). I think it’s oversold at the moment. The market’s too pessimistic,” she said.

“It’s already started to bounce back but I think that bounce is going to continue.”

The sector is in the midst of a structural shift, Lee believes.

“Fertilisers in Europe are reaching a record price and a part of that story is because of the electricity price over there, which is at record highs,” she said.  

“Fertiliser companies here in Australia are in a good spot.”

Late Tuesday morning, Nufarm shares were going for $4.62 which is 11.7% up for the year thus far.

‘Cheap’, ‘defensive’ and ‘premium’ ASX share

Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu likes the look of Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC).

She said Ramsay’s already the leader in private hospitals in Australia but has plenty going on elsewhere too.

“Many years ago it went offshore — so it went to France, the UK. In those markets, it’s gradually building a very strong market share.”

The stock was trading for $69.74 late Tuesday morning, which is already up 11.3% for the year.

But with the stock below pre-COVID highs of around $80, Liu reckons it’s still good value as a “premium” and “defensive” business.

“It is very cheap compared to its healthcare peers. Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) or Resmed CDI (ASX: RMD) — they’re all trading on an average of about 40 times earnings,” she said.

“Whereas Ramsay is trading on just over 20.”

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The Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) share price is having a pretty decent day so far this Tuesday, all things considered. Telstra shares are currently trading at $3.90 each, up 0.64% for the day so far. That stands in pretty stark contrast to the broader S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) today, which is currently down 0.05% so far to 7,244 points.

Telstra shares have been pipping the ASX 200 over some other metrics too. Over the year to date in 2021, Telstra shares are up a healthy 29.7% so far. Over the past 12 months, Telstra has managed an even more impressive 38%. In contrast, the ASX 200 has returned around 8.1% year to date so far. As well as 24.07% over the past 12 months.

Telstra beats out the ASX 200

Why all of this rather solid outperformance from the Telstra share price? Well, investors seem to have been impressed time and time again about what Telstra has had to say over the year so far.

Back in late June, Telstra surprised most of us with its announcement that it will be selling half (well, 49%) of its mobile towers infrastructure business to a consortium of investors, which included the Future Fund.

It was the price that Telstra was able to command for these assets – $2.8 billion or 28x earnings – that really got investors excited. The company has a lot more infrastructure assets that could be sold in the future, so this was clearly good news for the the telco.

Then, Telstra delivered its FY21 earnings report last month. This report once again reaffirmed Telstra’s annual 16 cents per share dividend for FY21. It also announced a new $1.35 billion on-market share buyback scheme.

This also gave the Telstra share price a boost. As did Telstra’s announcement just last week that it would be implementing a new cost-cutting program called ‘T25’.

But that gets us to the current Telstra share price. So where to from here for this ASX 200 telco?

Could the Telstra share price be a buy today?

One broker who thinks it could be is investment bank, Goldman Sachs. Goldman currently rates Telstra shares as a ‘buy’ with a 12-month share price target of $4.40 a share. That implies a potential future upside of around 13.1% on current pricing. Goldman recently bumped up this price target to $4.40 earlier this month, from $4.30 previously.

The broker remains bullish on Telstra due to the additional new free cash flow the T25 program will unlock, which Goldman thinks will be allocated towards more share buybacks. Goldman also sees healthy dividend returns from Telstra shares going forward. As well as solid returns from the further “infrastructure monetisation over time”.

At the current Telstra share price of $3.90, this company has a market capitalisation of $46.44 billion. It also has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25 and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

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The Boral Limited (ASX: BLD) share price has underperformed the broad ASX indices lately.

Whereas the S&P/ASX 200 index (ASX: XJO) has slipped 3% into the red over the last month, Boral shares are down 10% over the same period.

In fact, the Boral share price has tanked by more than 17% since control of the company was passed over to Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SVW) back in July. Boral shares are currently trading at $6.04 — down 0.82% on the day.

There’s a lot of moving parts here, so let’s investigate a little further.

What’s happened since Seven took over?

Since Seven gained control of the company back in July, it hasn’t been a nice ride for the Boral share price.

Seven Group ended the takeover bid with 69.5% of Boral’s shares and therefore obtained majority voting rights for the company.

The takeover was a saga in itself. But perhaps what capped it off for investors was the appointment of Seven Group’s CEO, Ryan Stokes, as chair of Boral’s board, immediately after the takeover bid was finalised.

Seven’s chief financial officer Richard Richards was also appointed to Boral’s board, and the former chair, Kathryn Fagg, has stepped aside.

Since this announcement, the Boral share price has come off a high of $7.34 on 29 July. Shares are currently trading at $6.04 apiece — that’s a fall of more than 17%.

Perhaps not helping Boral’s situation is its lacklustre FY21 results that were released last month. In its report, Boral recognised a 6% year-on-year decrease in revenue to $2.9 billion.

It also stated it will see a headwind of around $50 million next quarter as a result of lockdowns. This was compounded by management’s decision to withhold the final FY21 dividend.

As a result of its recent underperformance, Boral’s shares have been removed from the ASX 100 index, following S&P Dow Jones Indices’ rebalancing of ASX indices this quarter.

Some might argue that Seven’s takeover manoeuvre hasn’t benefitted Boral shareholders in the short term – but Seven Group’s share price has also dropped 16% off highs of $24 in August.

Boral share price snapshot

Despite its recent underperformance, it’s not all doom and gloom for Boral shares.

The Boral share price has climbed 22% this year to date and has gained 45% over the past 12 months.

These results have outpaced the broad index’s return of around 25% over the past year.

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The Sigma Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SIG) share price is out of form on Tuesday. This follows the release of its half year results this morning.

In early trade, the pharmacy chain operator and distributor’s shares dropped as much as 7% to 58.5 cents.

The Sigma share price has recovered a touch since then and is now down 3% to 61 cents.

Sigma share price tumbles on guidance downgrade

• Revenue up 5.5% to $1.73 billion
• Like for like pharmacy sales up 8.7%
• Underlying EBITDA up 14.7% to $39.2 million
• Underlying net profit after tax up 23.7% to $14.1 million
• Fully franked interim dividend of 1 cent per share
• Net debt of $82 million
• Outlook: FY 2022 underlying EBITDA guidance now 5% (from ~10% previously)

What happened during the first half?

For the six months ended 31 July, Sigma reported a 5.5% increase in revenue to $1.73 billion. Management advised that this was driven by a combination of above market organic growth across its pharmacy brands and independent network, a full run rate of sales to Chemist Warehouse, and the incremental on-boarding of a number of new customers.

PBS sales were up 14% for the half, with over the counter sales up 32%. However, excluding Chemist Warehouse, over the counter sales were down 5.4%. This reflects general market conditions including the softer cold and flu category.

On the bottom line, the company’s underlying net profit after tax increased 23.7% to $14.1 million. Management advised that this reflects its positive sales performance and operational platform efficiency.

What did management say?

Sigma’s CEO and Managing Director, Mark Hooper, was pleased with the half.

He commented: “It is pleasing to navigate a challenging operating environment and still deliver a strong set of results for the half. Our community pharmacy brands have again delivered industry leading like-for-like growth of 8.7%, with our upgraded infrastructure easily absorbing a 13% increase in wholesale volumes for the half.”

“Just as pleasing, we are now emerging from a period of significant investment and transformation which has set the business up for the next wave of growth, including the pursuit of acquisition opportunities,” he added.

Outlook

While management is confident on the medium and long term, it has warned that near term trading conditions remain tough due to COVID-19 restrictions.

As a result, underlying EBITDA is only expected to grow 5% in FY 2022. This is a sharp slowdown on its first half growth and means it is behind on its two-year growth target. That target is for a CAGR of 10% for underlying EBITDA growth in FY 2022 and FY 2023.

Mr Hooper concluded: “We have emerged from the challenges of the last 18 months to deliver a strong first half result and have the business in good shape. However, with the increased impact of COVID-19 restrictions that are expected to stretch well into the 2H22, we are now expecting FY22 Underlying EBITDA growth to be closer to 5%.”

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The IGO Ltd (ASX: IGO) share price is in the green today amid rumours the company is scouring Western Areas Ltd‘s (ASX: WSA) books as it considers posing a new acquisition offer.

The mining company responded to the rumours in an ASX announcement earlier today, noting it has entered due diligence with Western Areas in recent days. However, it declined to comment further.  

The companies announced they were in takeover talks in August. The market hasn’t received any updates on their discussions since.

At the time of writing, the IGO share price is $9.11, 0.89% higher than its previous close.

Let’s take a closer look at the rumours regarding the nickel and copper miner’s reported potential takeover of Western Areas.

IGO confirms some truth to takeover rumours

The IGO share price is gaining amid reports its been given access to Western Area’s books.

The reported access is apparently part of the recently unveiled due diligence between the 2 companies. The due diligence period reportedly follows an acquisition offer of around $1 billion.

According to reporting by the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Western Areas has allowed IGO access to its books so it can pose a more serious offer.

The publication believes IGO is most interested in Western Area’s Odysseus Mine, an up-and-coming nickel mine.

In August, the AFR reported IGO posed a $1 billion mostly scrip offer to Western Areas which was, assumably, rebutted.

Now, it’s expected the IGO will take the next 4 weeks to analyse the true value of Western Areas before deciding whether to offer the nickel producer a bid it’s more likely to accept.

While the market might be getting excited over the potential acquisition, IGO has warned investors to keep their cool.

The company noted the “potential change of control transaction” is far from certain and, at this point, it’s only in discussions with Western Areas.

IGO share price snapshot

The IGO share price has been performing exceptionally well on the ASX lately.

It has gained 42% since the start of 2021. It is also 102% higher than it was this time last year.

For comparison, the Western Areas share price has gained 13% year to date and 31.8% over the last 12 months

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Motley Fool Australia Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips joined Nine’s Late News on Monday night to discuss the 2% slump on the ASX, the ongoing fall of the iron ore price, and the private appetite for listed infrastructure assets.

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The Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX: IAG) share price may be flat today, but that hasn’t been the case for September. The insurance giant has encountered some heavy selling of its shares, falling the past 6 consecutive trading days.

At the time of writing, IAG shares remain unchanged at $5 apiece. In comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 0.08% to 7,242 points.

What’s affecting the IAG share price

There are two main catalysts that have been weighing down the IAG shares this month.

The first is the broader market weakness on the ASX 200, which has fallen almost 4% in the last 3 weeks. Yesterday, the index plunged to its biggest one-day fall in more than 6 months, shedding 2.1%.

This had a knock-on effect for IAG shares, dropping 0.99% on Monday to a monthly low of $5.

Rising COVID-19 cases in Australia, along with the iron ore rout impacting the economy are being blamed for the fall. Furthermore, overseas losses are being felt as investors eagerly await the United States’ Federal Reserve policy meeting later this week.

While the macro factors appear to unsettle IAG shareholders, the company has been facing its own internal issues.

IAG recently announced that CMC Hospitality filed an application starting a representative proceeding in the Federal Court.

The company said it has not been served with the application and isn’t aware of the detailed nature of the application. Although, it appears to relate to insureds who hold policies with CGU and business interruption losses related to COVID-19.

In addition, IAG’s chief risk officer, David Watts announced his resignation from the company. No reason was given for the departure, and Mr Watts will leave the company sometime in the new calendar year.

IAG will conduct an executive search to replace its chief risk officer.

IAG share price summary

Despite being significantly lower this month, IAG shares are posting a 10% gain since this time last year. However, when looking at the last 2 years, its shares are down almost 40%.

Based on today’s price, IAG presides a market capitalisation of roughly $12.3 billion and has approximately 2.4 billion shares outstanding.

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