The findings of the Australian Taxation Office’s recent SMSF Compliance Review benchmarking study requires closer consideration, says Kevin Smith....
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a blunt message to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) warning the honeymoon period in its regulation of the sector ...
David Shirlow looks at new developments affecting cashing and transfer of UK superannuation benefits for Australian residents....
Trustees of self managed superannuation funds have been warned by the Australian Taxation Office that it intends progressively moving beyond education to enforcement....
A recent court case decided that a super contribution made just before bankruptcy was protected from the bankruptcy trustee – but, as Peter Bobbin reports, whether or not...
The Australian Labor Party is expected to outline a full choice superannuation model when it uses next month’s Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) annual...
Financial advisers do not need to gain extra qualifications to advise on self-managed super funds (SMSFs), apart from the requirements of the Financial Services Reform Ac...
Super splitting laws were supposed to make life easier for divorcing clients – but as Nabil Wahhab reports, when they are reviewed in conjunction with binding death nomin...
Australia’s best-performing super funds recently have been those with a higher than average allocation towards property and minimal exposure to international equities, wr...
With all the attention self-managed superannuation funds are attracting from the Australian Taxation Office, are your clients really better off running their own fund? Be...
Even with all the bad news in the market, Ben Abbott reports that it might not be a bad time for clients to retire....
The sad truth is that many clients will not be able to retire when they want to. Mike Taylor reports....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...