Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Superannuation, Tax

Six members may net tax benefit

six-member SMSF tax benefit

A tax benefit may result from the pending legislation that will increase the maximum number of SMSF members from four to six.

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Technology

Heffron releases TBC calculator

heffron TBC calculator

Heffron has launched a calculator to help accountants and advisers monitor a client’s personal transfer balance cap in the lead-up to the application of indexation to this threshold.

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Superannuation

Late change to six-member bill

six-member bill amendment

The federal opposition has made an amendment to stalled bill enabling six-member SMSFs, adding a review period one year after it is enacted.

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Superannuation

Better return data imminent

SMSF performance data

More accurate SMSF performance benchmarking will be facilitated with the release of improved investment return data later this year.

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LRBA

Back-to-back loans a danger

Back-to-back loans LRBA

SMSF advisers and trustees have been warned about the complex nature of using back-to-back loans as an LRBA strategy.

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Pensions

Drastic ECPI rule change wanted

ECPI rules change

A large portion of practitioners have been found to favour a complete reworking of the exempt current pension income (ECPI) calculation rules.

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Pensions

One ECPI rule still confuses

ECPI small fund assets

Practical evidence suggests the disregarded small fund assets component of the exempt current pension income rules is continuing to cause confusion.

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Financial Planning, Investments

Cognitive bias needs recognition

cognitive bias SMSF strategy

The cognitive bias of trustees need to be considered, and incorporated where practical, within an SMSF investment strategy.

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FASEA, Financial Planning

Piecemeal advice makes FASEA code compliance easier

Piecemeal advice FASEA code

Practitioners may need to break the SMSF advice they provide into piecemeal segments that are more easily digestible to better ensure compliance with standard five of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Code of Ethics, a sector specialist has said. BT Financial Group head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden told delegates […]

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Accounting, Practice Management

Pricing behaviour needs to change

Accounting client pricing

Formulating an appropriate price to charge accounting clients must be driven by what the practice feels the advice is worth and not unrelated, external factors

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