Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

From the Editor

Short but significant

ATO SMSF Dana Fleming

Dana Fleming’s time as ATO SMSF segment assistant commissioner may have spanned less than two years, but that doesn’t mean it was insignificant.

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Auditing

Fraud creates auditor challenge

SMSF auditors fraud

There is an increasing onus on SMSF auditors to detect fraud and the processes to do so are becoming more substantial, a leading practitioner has said.

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Accounting

Accountants chase SMSF clients

Accountants more SMSF clients

Accountants have expressed a desire to add more SMSF clients to their books of business, according to the latest industry research.

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Appointments, ATO

ATO SMSF leader moves on

ATO assistant commissioner SMSFs

The role of ATO assistant commissioner SMSF segment will be pass into new hands from next week as the regulator reassigns a number of key staff.

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LRBA

Problems with LRBA relief

SMSFs LRBA relief

SMSFs may encounter complications when seeking relief from limited recourse borrowing arrangement payments relating to COVID-19 financial hardship, a technical expert has said.

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Administration

Class completes NowInfinity integration early

Class NowInfinity integration

The integration of documentation service provider NowInfinity into the organisational structure of Class is now complete.

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Regulation

SMSFA applauds SIS Reg changes

SIS work test changes

The amendments made to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations easing age limits applying to the work test and spouse contributions have been welcomed by the SMSF Association.

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Property

Loan guarantees can work

Unit trust loan guarantee

A specialist law firm has said SMSF trustees can act as loan guarantors in relation to geared unit trust investment in property developments.

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ETFs

iShares unveils new fixed income ETFs

iShares ETFs fixed income

Investors now have two new exchange-traded funds from iShares giving them greater cost-effective access to the Australian corporate fixed income market.

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Pensions

Pre-pension tax planning a must

Pension tax income stream

Tax-effective strategies associated with pensions need to be formulated before an income stream is commenced, a technical expert has said.

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