Articles by Malavika Santhebennur

Accounting

Industry body welcomes age pension announcement

The SMSF Association has welcomed the federal government’s decision to keep the age pension at 67, arguing the three pillar policy of the age pension, compulsory super, and voluntary savings will enable Australians to retire at this time.

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ATO, Superannuation

TSB, TBC details visible in myGov: ATO

The ATO has used a superannuation regulatory update speech to remind individuals who log into the myGov portal can now view details of all their super accounts and balances.

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Administration, Auditing, Compliance

SISFA outlines audit eligibility criteria

SMSF trustees who have received an auditor management letter or any fund that has breached the superannuation legislation should not qualify for the three-year audit cycle for at least three years, according to an SMSF advocacy group.

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Pensions, Retirement

Morrison dumps plan to raise pension age to 70

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement today that the government will scrap a proposal to lift the age of eligibility for the age pension beyond 67 years.

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Appointments, Financial Planning

Stuart Robert to oversee financial services

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the treasury portfolio arrangements for Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government.

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ASIC

Court EU slapped on ex-MyPlanner adviser

The corporate regulator has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking (EU) from a former adviser at independently owned financial planning group MyPlanner Australia, prohibiting him from providing advice for three years.

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LRBA

Time ticking on LRBAs

The future is very bleak for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBA) and borrowing within SMSFs, with a number of factors providing the final nails in the coffin, according to a lawyer.

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Auditing

Non-audit years need “light-touch” check-in

The federal government should strongly consider requiring SMSFs using a three-year audit cycle to have a “light-touch” compliance check in the non-audit years should it choose to proceed with its audit proposal, an industry body has argued.

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Pensions, Regulation

Actuarial certificate regulation will cut red tape

SMSF administrator SuperConcepts has urged Treasury and the federal government to push ahead with a regulation that will prevent SMSFs that only have account-based pensions in their fund from needing to obtain an actuarial certificate if they want to cut costs and red tape.

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Regulation, Superannuation

Implementing PC SMSF findings not a sure thing

The federal government has no immediate plans to apply changes to restrict members with less than $1 million from establishing an SMSF in the wake of the Productivity Commission’s draft report on superannuation.

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