Articles by Jason Spits

Accounting, Auditing

Auditor links with accountants must be clean

Auditors ex-employee accountants

Auditors using former employees to complete financial statements for SMSF clients will fall foul of independence standards.

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Documentation

Incorrect resignations can void fund decisions

SMSF resignation

Trustee or directors may still be tied to an SMSF if their resignation is not carried out correctly, voiding all future actions of the fund.

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Documentation

Accounts deadline dropped

SMSF accounts deadline

A controversial proposal to force SMSFs to finalise accounts weeks before their lodgement has been abandoned by Treasury.

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Appointments, Business News

SuperConcepts head announces departure

SuperConcepts Lara Bourguignon

The head of SuperConcepts will leave before Christmas to take on a consulting role in the new year.

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FASEA

FASEA closure was on the cards

FASEA closing

The government’s decision to close FASEA was not unexpected, with hints it may take place appearing in a number of places in recent months.

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Features

SMSF Champions

In a year like no other, the SMSF sector has continued to support the retirement plans of more than 1 million Australians, ably assisted by a range of service providers with the best recognised in the eighth annual selfmanagedsuper CoreData SMSF Service Provider Awards. Tharshini Ashokan and Jason Spits take a look at why advisers […]

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ATO, Superannuation

SMSF numbers climb again

SMSF numbers

The SMSF sector has continued to grow through the COVID-19 pandemic, recording new highs for the number of SMSFs and fund members.

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FASEA

Government scraps FASEA

Government scrap FASEA

Treasury and ASIC will take on the standard setting and exam administration of FASEA after the government announced it is winding down the latter.

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FASEA

Few tears shed over FASEA wind-up

FASEA wind-up

Plans to scrap FASEA and move its functions into existing government bodies have been met with widespread approval.

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Documentation

Can’t hide some dispute advice

SMSF dispute advice

Trustees cannot withhold any legal advice they have sought during a dispute if it has been paid for by their super fund which in reality is the owner of the advice, an SMSF lawyer has noted.

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