Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

ASIC, Crypto Assets, Investments

ASIC declares areas of future focus

ASIC corporate plan

The regulation of crypto-assets and design and distribution obligations for fund managers are areas of compliance focus for ASIC in the coming years.

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Pensions, Retirement, SMSF

Single-asset segregation barred

SMSF single asset segregation

A single asset cannot be treated in a manner that allows it to support some SMSF members in accumulation phase and others with a pension account.

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LRBA

LRBA refinancing now a real option

SMSF LRBA refinancing

SMSFs using a related-party LRBA may look to refinance the loan arrangement on more favourable terms, but must do so with caution.

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ATO, Pensions

Problem with legacy pension fix

SMSF legacy pensions ATO error

SMSF trustees are being prevented from commuting excess transfer balance cap amounts arising from legacy pensions due to an ATO systems glitch.

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AAT, NALI/NALE

AAT case indicates requisite attention to detail

AAT NALI case details SMSF Association

SMSF practitioners need to demonstrate great attention to detail when assessing situations involving related parties not based on commercial terms.

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Compliance, SMSF, Trusts

Trust overpayment can be compliant

Unit trust distribution SMSF

Appropriate accounting treatment of an overpayment of a unit trust distribution to an SMSF can prevent the situation from being a compliance breach.

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Contributions, Pensions, Tax

Pensions can stop some deductions

tax deduction pension personal contributions

SMSF members need to complete all of the compliance procedures to claim a deduction for a personal contribution before they start a pension.

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Estate Planning, Trusts

Corporate trustee control crucial in death

SMSF corporate trustee shares

Determining the ownership of shares in an SMSF corporate trustee company when a member dies is critical to effective estate planning.

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Business News, Markets, Property

Household Capital grows funding capability

Home equity release

Household Capital has increased the size of its home equity release funding pool through a deal with Pacific Equity Partners Capital Solutions.

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ATO, Compliance, Pensions, SMSF, Superannuation

SMSF reserves under control

Superannuation reserves

The ATO has seen the number of reserves being used by SMSFs significantly diminish and no longer regards this as a concerning compliance issue.

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