AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE
Superannuation
Holley Nethercote’s David Court outlines the ATO's 2012-13 SMSF compliance focus and regulatory developments in areas such as insurance and asset valuations....
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office is the right regulatory body to oversee the SMSF sector, according to SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia chief executive Andrea S...
Superannuation
SMSFs that receive zero interest loans from a fund member may need to unwind the arrangement or deal with the impacts of changing legislation, according to Macquarie Bank...
Superannuation
Heffron senior technical adviser Mark Wilkinson has pointed to a number of recent developments that signal a "gentle shift to one of more reasonableness" in regards to SM...
Superannuation
The decision of most investors to hoard cash for the past few years was no surprise, but as Damon Taylor reports, the SMSF investment story might be starting to change....
Superannuation
Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner for superannuation Stuart Forsyth has cast doubt on reports that there are 478,000 self-managed super funds operating in...
Superannuation
SMSF pensioners can get tax breaks on superannuation income streams despite across-the-board limitations for super members, according to Cavendish Super head of technical...
Superannuation
SMSFs that combine to purchase property could face legal action despite the legality of the purchase, executives advised at the Institute of Chartered Accountants SMSF co...
Financial planning
SPAA strongly rejects suggestions SMSFs should be pushed into APRA jurisdiction....
Superannuation
ASFA urges government to change direction on illegal early release on SMSFs, claiming the problem has diminished....
Superannuation
ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....
Superannuation
AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds suggests SMSFs have grown too large for effective ATO supervision....
Superannuation
The prospect of further Government changes to superannuation and the removal of tax breaks currently in place for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unthinkable, accordi...
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has indicated that if a share order is executed in two 'parcels' due to market conditions it will still be treated as a single acquir...
Superannuation
Government urged to delay implementation date for SuperStream in face of technical hurdles....
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