Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Compliance

Compliance to assess incapacity

ATO trustees incapacity

Compliance procedures are being used by the ATO to discover potential incapacity issues suffered by SMSF trustees.

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Business News

Seamless SMSF strengthens team

Seamless SMSF

Seamless SMSF has appointed the former partner of a big four accounting firm to its sales team.

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Auditing

Auditors lift process intensity

SMSF auditors

Auditors have upped their intensity since the ATO sent out letters last year questioning the investment strategies of SMSFs, a senior executive in the sector has said.

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ATO, Education

ATO trustee course takes shape

Trustees course

An SMSF trustee competency assessment is currently being finalised by the ATO.

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Property

Rent relief instrument imminent

SMSF landlords rent relief

The regulator’s compliance approach to COVID-19 driven rent relief provided by SMSF landlords will shortly be legally formalised.

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Regulation, Superannuation

Anticipating law change unwise

non-concessional contribution bring forward

SMSF members should not implement any strategies taking advantage of impending changes to the non-concessional contributions bring forward before the legislation containing the amendments is passed, an industry body has said.

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Auditing

Internal controls key audit item

Internal controls

The internal controls of an SMSF need to be taken into account when performing an audit, regardless of the type of audit being carried out, a specialist practitioner has said.

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Retirement

Call for mandatory longevity risk obligation

Longevity risk

Superannuation trustees should be obligated to include products to address longevity risk for members, a dialogue paper has suggested.

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Superannuation

SMSFA to aid COVID-19 recovery

COVID-19 recovery

The SMSF Association is aiming to formulate policy in conjunction with the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to define roles the sector can play in assisting the nation’s economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pensions

Death pension ECPI has no set time frame

Death pension

Death benefit pensions that require an extended period of time to be paid can still qualify for exempt current pension income, a technical expert has said.

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