Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Property

Property valuation guidance altered

SMSF property valuations guidance

The guidance provided by the ATO with regard to valuations of residential property held in an SMSF includes a slight but significant amendment.

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financial advice

Call to end legislation duplication

financial advice duplication

The FPA has called on the Australian Law Reform Commission to prioritise any financial advice sector changes that may result from its current review.

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ESG

Vanguard self-reported ESG error

Vanguard greenwashing error

The infringement notices ASIC issued to Vanguard Investments Australia for greenwashing resulted from the manager self-reporting PDS errors.

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Auditing, NALI/NALE

New light shed on NALI audit role

SMSF auditors NALI

The onus on SMSF auditors to detect non-arm’s-length income or expenditure in a fund may have diminished after a ruling in the NSW Supreme Court.

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Superannuation

Deadline for compassionate super access given

compassionate superannuation access

Individuals have been reminded of the timeframe if they want early access to superannuation on compassionate grounds over Christmas.

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Superannuation

SMSF gender gap reducing

SMSF gender gap

There is an indication the superannuation gender gap is beginning to close across the SMSF sector as per the latest ATO quarterly statistics.

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Investments

Vanguard cops greenwashing infringement

Vanguard greenwashing infringement

Vanguard Investments Australia has been issued with three infringement notices by the corporate watchdog for alleged greenwashing.

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ATO, Pensions

ATO discretion worth pursuing

ATO discretion pension

Applications for ATO discretion should always be made where a minimum pension payment has not been met and self-rectification cannot be used.

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Business News

Tax and Super Australia undergoes rebrand

Tax Super Australia rebrand

Tax and Super Australia has rebranded and will now operate as the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia to better reflect its membership.

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Investments

OpenInvest strikes new WA partnership

OpenInvest Knight Group

OpenInvest has expanded its network through a partnership with Perth-based Knight Group, giving consumers access to six investment portfolios.

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