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Superannuation
Due to growing costs and increasing workload, smaller accounting practices might wish to outsource SMSF administration, writes Olivia Long....
Superannuation
Towers Watson warns the Government on a Budget which injects more complexity into superannuation....
Superannuation
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
David Barrett briefly addresses two major challenges that loom for financial advisers: providing the strategic advice associated with a potential recommendation for a sup...
Financial planning
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has urged taxpayers to seek independent financial advice before entering so-called tax avoidance schemes as they prepare to lodge the...
Superannuation
John Kelly outlines the new rules regarding insurance and how they affect SMSFs when it comes to insuring collectibles and personal use assets....
Superannuation
Superannuation is usually the biggest talking point for most advisers during tax season. Concessional contribution caps will certainly be top of mind this year given the ...
Financial planning
Although clients’ tax issues are the main focus for financial advisers at this time of year, as business owners and employers they also need to ensure enough time is set ...
Superannuation
Cecile Apolinario explains the key issues and steps trustees need to address when starting a pension for a SMSF member....
Editorial
Mike Taylor reports that submissions to the Productivity Commission review of default superannuation funds under modern awards have raised important questions about the r...
Superannuation
SMSFs with less than $50,000 in assets pay around 7 per cent per year in operating costs, but due to the size of the average fund most pay less than 0.25 per cent....
Superannuation
The average annual operating expenses of running a self-managed super fund (SMSF) continues to trend down, but small funds are still incredibly costly, according to recen...
Editorial
If auditors are, indeed, the eyes and ears of the regulators in the SMSF sector, Liz Westover writes that the new auditor registration regime will prove to be crucial as ...
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office is now the fourth largest holder of unclaimed superannuation by funds under management, and holds one-third of all lost accounts....
Financial planning
Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....
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This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...