Articles by Jason Spits

Accounting

CFSGAM renamed as First Sentier

CFSGAM First Sentier

The acquisition of Colonial First State Global Asset Management by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation has been reflected in the business being rebranded as First Sentier.

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ATO, Auditing

Auditors in frame for SMSF investment strategy

auditors investment strategy ATO

Auditors may be held responsible for the absence of an investment strategy, with recent letters from the ATO showing they had a gatekeeper role.

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ATO, Residential Property

Funds given push on first home savings scheme

First Home Super Saver

The ATO will contact superannuation funds that have lagged in their efforts to release funds to first home buyer members who have requested their savings.

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Pensions

Transaction timing can boost ECPI

transaction timing ECPI

SMSF trustees can boost their exempt current pension income (ECPI) by timing when they make fund transactions, according to an actuarial services provider.

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ATO, Superannuation

Illegal early release still area of concern for ATO

SMSFs illegal early release

The ATO has flagged an increase in the number of SMSFs being used for illegal early release of superannuation funds.

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Documentation, Superannuation

Inflexible residency test should be dumped

SMSFs residency test

The residency test for SMSFs is easy to fail and offers no incentives for trustees to re-comply when they don’t pass it, the Tax Institute has claimed in a letter to Treasury.

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ATO, Auditing

ATO to ramp up SAN misuse scrutiny

ATO SAN misuse

The ATO will review the use of SANs each year after finding a high number of possible breaches by hundreds of tax agents.

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Estate Planning

Topdocs upgrades estate planning capability

Topdocs estate planning

Topdocs has improved the range and content of its estate planning documentation and partnered with a legal service to connect advisers with legal firms.

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Compliance, Investments

LEI deadline closes at end of the month

LEI SMSF trustees

A legal entity identifier will need to be obtained by SMSF trustees wanting to invest in offerings such as contracts for difference after 30 September this year.

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Appointments

SuperGuardian names new education manager

SuperGuardian education manager

SMSF administrator SuperGuardian has appointed a well-known sector educator and consultant to a new education role.

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