SMSFs

Superannuation

Accountants seek regulatory certainty on SMSFs

As SMSFs and their various service providers wait to see what consequences may arise from the limited licensing regime currently proposed for accountants, Sharyn Long, ma...

Financial planning

ATO prosecutes 1,500 this financial year

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has prosecuted more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences so far this financial year....

Superannuation

Study examines SMSF costs

A study currently being conducted by the University of Adelaide may allow both current and prospective SMSF trustees to make greater cost comparisons, according to Plaza ...

Superannuation

SMSFs and the importance of dividend reinvestment in volatile markets

SMSF advisers need to be careful when considering the right stocks for their clients’ portfolios. Peter van der Westhuyzen takes a look at the benefits of dividend reinve...

Superannuation

When is it time to outsource SMSF administration?

Due to growing costs and increasing workload, smaller accounting practices might wish to outsource SMSF administration, writes Olivia Long....

Superannuation

SMSFs and 13.22C trusts - an alternative approach to co-owning property

Stephen Miller from MLC Technical Services explains how establishing a 13.22C trust can enable SMSF trustees to co-own a residential or business property with a related p...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC gets FOFA funding boost

Government delivers additional funding to ASIC for FOFA and a range of other financial services changes....

Superannuation

SMSF clients not considering how to dispose of property

SMSF trustees need to make sure there is enough liquidity in their funds to balance out 'lumpy' assets such as property to avoid a potential fire sale of assets if they p...

Superannuation

A guide to SMSFs and share purchases

Determining whether a share purchase through a self-managed super fund contravenes the in-house asset rules could be a complex task, according to Warrick Hanley....

Superannuation

SMSFs and property investment – avoiding the pitfalls

It doesn’t come as a surprise that some SMSF investors are tempted by overseas property investments. However, there are a number of compliance traps they must navigate, a...

Superannuation

A guide to SMSF tax deductions and insurance

Some self-managed super funds can claim tax deductions for the future liability to pay death and disability benefits. Nicholas Ali explains....

Superannuation

SMSFs facing regulatory upheaval

Self-managed superannuation was the clear winner of 2011, with healthy sector growth and satisfactory investment returns. However, as 2012 kicks off, SMSFs must turn thei...

Superannuation

A snapshot of the superannuation borrowing landscape

David Barrett briefly addresses two major challenges that loom for financial advisers: providing the strategic advice associated with a potential recommendation for a sup...

Superannuation

RBA decision changes cash dynamics

RabotDirect has questioned whether cash can remain king in the minds of SMSF directors in the wake of last week's Reserve Bank of Australia RBA decision to cut interest r...