Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Superannuation

Superannuation tax framework done

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Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has declared the federal government’s work on the tax structure of the Australian retirement savings system is now complete and no further changes in this area will be made.

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Business News

Trading platform targets SMSFs via education

Foreign exchange and contracts-for-difference (CFD) trading platform provider easyMarkets is looking to attract more SMSF clients through education programs and networks informing trustees how these instruments can be used properly to enhance their portfolio returns.

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Auditing

Auditor disqualified for independence breach

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has disqualified Kathleen Whittle of New South Wales from being an approved SMSF auditor after she was found to be in breach of fundamental independence requirements.

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Regulation

CGT relief deferral could cause client grief

The decision to take advantage of the capital gains tax (CGT) relief provisions contained in the super reforms legislation and defer the associated tax liability may pose problems for advisers who are servicing certain clients for the first time, the director of an advisory firm has said.

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Superannuation

SMSFs still top satisfaction levels

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The latest Roy Morgan research into the superannuation sector has revealed SMSFs continue to dominate their retail and industry fund counterparts in regard to member satisfaction over financial performance.

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Strategy

Family trusts complement SMSFs more than ever

The strategy to use family trusts in conjunction with SMSFs is potentially going to gain significance for retirees in the wake of the new super reforms, a specialist lawyer has predicted.

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Business News

Disputes in death a future challenge

The SMSF Association has identified death benefit disputes as being a major challenge moving into the future in a new paper, “Outlook for the SMSF Sector”, released today.

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Compliance

Many advisers miss tax agent rego renewal

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has revealed 27 per cent of the 2748 registered tax financial advisers failed to renew their status in July with the industry body when required to do so.

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ATO

ATO grants small ECPI concession

While the ATO has not budged from its stance of requiring any SMSF entirely in pension phase to use the segregated method when claiming exempt current pension income (ECPI), it has confirmed its compliance activities will not be focused on adherence to this edict for the 2017 financial year or any prior periods.

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Compliance

TBAR non-compliance to attract penalties

The proposal to implement a transfer balance account report (TBAR) for SMSFs includes the ability for the ATO to impose penalties for non-lodgement or late lodgement of this information.

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