SELF-MANAGED SUPER FUNDS
Superannuation
As SMSFs continue to gain momentum, service provider affiliation is becoming increasingly important to both professional advisers and their clients, according to John McI...
Financial planning
The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...
Superannuation
AIA Australia has made it clear that SMSF trustees now have a number of insurance options at their disposal....
Superannuation
SPAA has welcomed the proposed penalty system changes for SMSFs, saying trustees who break the rules will be treated more equitably....
Superannuation
Clients who set up self-managed superannuation funds risk cancelling their existing insurance cover with their previous super fund, says Pitcher Partners director of supe...
Superannuation
Peter Burgess believes many SMSFs are failing to claim valuable tax deductions....
Superannuation
Lawyer warns that some investors are misinterpreting the rule changes around renovating older dwellings....
Financial planning
ASIC has released a consultation paper on the public trading of Commonwealth Government Securities in a bid to develop a broad, liquid corporate bond market....
Superannuation
Platform provider netwealth is set to launch a new wrap specifically targeted at SMSFs, enabling them to adjust their investment and insurance requirements to the level o...
Financial planning
An adviser specialising in self-managed super funds has pleaded guilty to taking $250,000 from his clients by deception and making a false statement to ASIC....
Superannuation
Despite welcoming the Government's decision to defer the proposed ban on off-market transfers between SMSFs and related parties where a market exists, SPAA continues to l...
Superannuation
SMSFs represent a significant growth opportunity for financial advisers, particularly for those who choose to specialise in the sector....
Superannuation
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia is continuing to advocate tighter legislative controls around off-market transfers, despite the Government's decision to ...
Superannuation
On the back of changes announced as part of the FOFA guidelines, My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist authority to enable accountants to continue to recomm...
Superannuation
Stephen Miller outlines the key issues recently clarified in an Australian Taxation Office ruling regarding the acquisition of property by self-managed super funds using ...
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