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Running an SMSF is far from set and forget
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 13 April 2021. Licensed by Copyright Agency. The decision to set up a Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) should not be taken lightly.
Devil in the detail with indexed super transfer cap
First published in the Financial Review on 26 March 2021 Most self-managed super fund members and their advisers were coming to grips with the new rules around transfer balance caps.
Collectables and Personal use assets: Insurance myth busted
Since 1 July 2011, the SIS Regulations require trustees of SMSFs to insure collectables and personal use assets owned by the fund, other than memberships of sporting or social clubs,
Shameful ASIC fee increase warrants immediate review
Joint Media Release with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, and Institute of Public Accountants. ASIC hikes financial adviser licence fees despite adviser numbers
Reform aims to cut costs and simplify SMSFs
First published in the Australian Financial Review on 24 February 2021. Trustees frustrated by excessive paperwork and expensive advice frameworks will be watching two government initiatives with great interest. There is growing
Investment strategies must be ‘trustee driven’
Although a self-managed super fund (SMSF) investment strategy is not an advice document, advisers must ensure that it has not been interpreted as advice, Adam Goldstien, a financial adviser with
Virtual National Conference huge hit with delegates
The SMSF Association National Conference ticked all the boxes with the two-day event attracting more than 1,100 registrations from every state and territory, over 9,500 hours of sessions viewed and
Pandemic puts investors in charge
First published in the Australian Financial Review on 23 February 2021. In the three months to September 30 last year, the number of self managed superannuation funds increased 5530 as 5607 people
SMSFs with LRBAs ‘not penalised’ for capitalising interest
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that have borrowed from a private company under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) will not suffer adverse tax consequences if the loan interest has been
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2021 National Conference Special Address | Danielle Press, Commissioner, ASIC
SMSF Association Virtual National Conference 2021 https://vimeo.com/514068291/c7ec9fa417 Danielle Press, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
2021 National Conference Special Address | Chris Jordan, Commissioner of Taxation, ATO
SMSF Association Virtual National Conference 2021 I was very pleased to be invited to present at the SMSF Association National Conference 2021. The ATO’s strong partnership with the SMSF Association