Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Compliance

Asset compliance needs recognition

SMSF compliance asset

Ongoing SMSF compliance responsibilities must to be understood by trustees before any type of asset is purchased for a fund.

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Administration, SMSF, Technology

Members to drive real-time data shift

Real time SMSF information

Member demand will be the most significant factor in speeding up the provision of real-time member information in the SMSF sector.

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Administration, Auditing, NALI/NALE, SMSF

NALE rules an extra audit burden

NALE auditors

The proposed NALE rules for general expenses to be implemented from 1 July 2023 onwards will broaden the scope of the SMSF audit.

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Administration, SMSF

ATO extends wind-up timeframe

SMSF wind-up timeframe

The timeframe open for trustees to finalise the closing of an SMSF after the lodging of the final annual return has been extended.

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Retirement, Superannuation, Tax

CGT concessions a super bonus

small business CGT concessions

The small business CGT concessions can be of great benefit for individuals who have not accumulated much super while running their own enterprises.

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Pensions, Regulation, Retirement, Superannuation

Age issue curbs bring-forward rule

NCC bring-forward rules

The non-concessional contribution bring-forward rules can only be used if a person is under 75 during the relevant financial year.

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Auditing, SMSF

Courts extending audit duties

SMSF auditors duties

Legal rulings are forcing SMSF auditors to cover off issues not included in their legislative, regulatory and professional obligations.

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SMSF, Strategy

Exit strategy must include incapacity

Exit strategy incapacity

The inclusion of a plan to manage trustee incapacity as part of an SMSF exit strategy is arguably more important than addressing a member’s death.

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BDBNs, Pensions

Death pension doesn’t need order

Death benefit pension

It is not necessary to have a reversionary instruction or BDBN in place to pay a death benefit to the spouse of a deceased member via a pension.

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Administration, Compliance, SMSF

Written orders key for wind-ups

SMSF wind-up instructions

Written fund member instructions regarding the treatment of assets in the event of an SMSF wind-up are imperative for advisers to mitigate their risk.

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