First published in the Financial Review on 18 July 2020.  Self-managed super trustees who have missed out on the recent spate of attractive capital raisings in the wake of the

Since the ability for SMSFs to borrow to purchase an asset was introduced in 2007, LRBAs continue to represent a relatively low proportion of overall SMSF assets. The latest ATO

There were several important bills passed during the June 2020 parliamentary sitting, none more so than the bill that provides a much needed 12 months extension for financial advisers to

The ATO has released Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2020/5 which explains their compliance approach in respect of applying the non-arm’s length income (NALI) provisions to non-arm’s length expenditure. This Guideline

First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 09 June 2020. One of the benefits of saving for retirement through a self-managed super fund is that when you need to

First published in the Financial Review on 21 May 2020. COVID-19 will make the end of the financial year more complicated than usual for some self-managed superannuation fund trustees. Here

First published in the Financial Review on 23 April 2020 Given COVID-19 volatility, trustees should be revisiting the objectives they have set for their long-term retirement savings as well as

April 2020 Opinion piece written by John Maroney, CEO, SMSF Association Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 14 April 2020 Uncertain economic factors and turbulent sharemarkets as the coronavirus

First published in the Financial Review on 05 March 2020. The five ‘trigger’ situations include insufficient funds, declining mental or physical capacity, death, lack of time to oversee a fund