TRUSTEE

Policy & Regulation

Trustees and responsible entities need to assess the extent to which the Federal Government's changes to reduced input tax credit rates will affect fund services, accordi...

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Superannuation

APRA admits it does not collect data on how long superannuation funds take to administer rollovers and has no view on what might represent best practice....

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Superannuation

John Kelly outlines new rules regarding insurance, and how they affect SMSFs when it comes to insuring collectibles and personal-use assets....

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Superannuation

The benefits associated with utilising a self-managed super fund come with legal responsibilities and getting it wrong can be criminal, warns Matthew McKee....

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Superannuation

Legislation allowing greater powers for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in dealing with superannuation fund directors has been passed through the House of ...

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Superannuation

Reports of payments to a union official and a mandate to a property developer have intensified the spotlight on industry superannuation funds governance....

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Superannuation

One of the headline announcements in the 2012-13 Federal Budget affecting SMSFs was regarding contribution caps. Dan Butler and Nathan Papson explore this announcement, a...

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Superannuation

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...

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Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee investigating the Trio Capital collapse says it is more troubling than Storm Financial, and the FOFA changes are unlikely to stop a repe...

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Superannuation

Industry super funds move to provide more transparency around remuneration ahead of Government-imposed obligations....

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

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....

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

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

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