SMSF

Superannuation

Accountants warned on pre-July SMSF advice status

Accountants who provided SMSF advice before 1 July have been urged to come clean with clients and contact their PI provider....

Funds management

New benefits for early-stage investors

A new online platform has launched in Australia, which gives high net worth investors and early-stage companies increased tax incentives....

Accounting

Accountants warned on PI cover

Accountants who provide SMSF advice without a licence risk not being covered by professional indemnity insurance, as insurers treat accountants and financial advisers dif...

Superannuation

ASIC’s tough warning to SMSF auditors

ASIC has warned 185 SMSF auditors they face deregistration if they don’t lodge their annual statements and pay their outstanding fees....

Superannuation

Spring FG offers SMSF advice

Spring FG will offer its SMSF platform trustees advice, financial education and training resources....

Superannuation

Are the days of low cost SMSFs over?

Industry consultant, John Wiseman, believes the days of low-cost SMSFs will end at much the same time as the accountant’s exemption....

Superannuation

SuperStream deadline extension welcomed

The ATO’s extended deadline for small businesses to become SuperStream compliant has been welcomed by an SMSF body....

Accounting

ASIC’s explicit warning to accountants

Accountants have been warned they are entering criminal territory if they provide unlicensed advice after 30 June....

Superannuation

SMSFs should pull their weight on regulation

Another major super organisation believes SMSFs should be made to pull their weight in paying for financial services regulation....

Superannuation

Industry funds point finger at SMSFs and levies

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has questioned whether SMSFs are appropriately pulling their weight in meeting the costs of regulatory supervision....

Accounting

Accountants on notice on advice and licensing

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission signalled it will be scrutinising accountants giving advice after 30 June....

Accounting

Accountants lag on AFSL

Less than half of all accountants who intend on operating under a full or limited AFSL have met the licencing requirement to provide SMSF advice, despite the looming dead...