The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia has asked its members what they need clarified regarding the loss of the so-called accountants' exemption....
MLC senior technical consultant Mike Mitchell outlines some of the challenges faced by SMSFs wishing to make anti-detriment payments....
A service providing convenient share registry data access for SMSF administrators has been announced by BGL Corporate Solutions and Computershare Investor Services Austra...
There are close to one million voters who are SMSF members who would object to further regulation of the sector, SISFA has warned....
Despite current concerns over SMSF administration, only around 2 per cent of funds have a compliance issue, meaning there is no need for additional regulations, according...
The Self Managed Super Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, marking the occasion at its national conference set d...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has flagged plans to take a close look at self-managed super funds (SMSFs) that fail to lodge their annual returns....
Australian SMSFs should be able to receive superannuation transfers from New Zealand, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA)....
SPAA urges Govt not to exclude SMSFs from proposed trans-Tasman super regime....
The popularity of term deposits is currently so high that other product providers need to fight for a little bit of airspace. But is it just a matter of time until term d...
Cavendish Super's head of technical services Tim Miller has warned self-managed super fund trustees to ensure they meet the pension standards on time to avoid unwinding a...
The ATO has backed a SPAA assessment that illegal early release schemes involving SMSFs are declining....
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....
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...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...