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FASEA

Exam result dictates feedback

FASEA exam feedback

Feedback provided for individuals who have failed the exam set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) is dictated by their performed in specific parts, the authority has revealed.

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Property, Superannuation

Rent relief still unclear for 13.22c trusts

rent relief 13.22c trusts

SMSFs holding property via 13.22c unit trusts should hold off on providing rent relief until confirmation has been provided the measures will extend to these arrangements.

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Superannuation, Tax

SG amnesty needs urgent action

superannuation guarantee charge amnesty

The superannuation guarantee charge and amnesty urgently requires the government’s attention as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Tax Liaison Group has said.

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ATO

ATO to assess NALI at fund level

ATO NALI

No sector-wide directive on how to treat non-arm’s-length income issues arising from the COVID-19 financial relief measures will be delivered by the ATO.

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ATO, Superannuation

Demand for early super access high

Early release super

Over 350,000 registrations of interest in the COVID-19 early release of super relief measure have been received by the ATO as at the beginning of April.

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LRBA, Superannuation

LRBA guarantees may trap the unwary

SMSF guarantees LRBA

SMSF members with personal guarantees for an LRBA should be aware any COVID-19-driven payments may be considered as contributions unless properly recouped from the fund, according to a legal expert.

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Regulation

ATO sees TBC review as unlikely

Transfer balance cap review

The government is unlikely to review the transfer balance cap in the short term in response to the coronavirus’s effect on SMF asset values, the ATO has said.

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Administration, Compliance

Funds must justify rent relief for tenants

SMSF Rent relief

Trustees must provide commercial justification on behalf of their fund for any rent relief arrangements with tenants unable to pay rent because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an SMSF technical expert says.

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ASIC

ASIC permanently bans SMSF adviser

ASIC ban SMSF adviser

ASIC has permanently banned a former-Adelaide adviser from having any involvement in financial services and credit activities.

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Education, FASEA

One quarter of all advisers pass FASEA exam

FASEA exam

The latest FASEA exam results show a further 1800 advisers have passed, increasing the total number to more 25 per cent of all advisers.

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