News : Accounting

Accounting, Administration, ATO, Compliance, SMSF

SMSF loans still a compliance risk

SMSF loans ATO Related party transactions

The ATO has urged SMSF trustees to carefully examine any borrowing arrangements in place and verify they are in full compliance with essential regulatory requirements.

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Accounting

No special treatment for digital assets

SMSF cryptocurrency NFT SIS Act regulations

Digital assets in an SMSF portfolio are still subject to long-established rules regarding their ownership and use despite being recent and emerging financial products.

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Accounting, Administration, Contributions, fraud, SMSF, SMSFA

Fraud raises compliance snags

SMSF fraud compliance contributions

The regulator’s stance regarding situations where benefits of a fund have been accessed via fraudulent activities remains a little unclear.

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Accounting, Education, Tax

Accurium expands education arm

Accurium education tax Anthony Cullen Lee-Ann Hayes

Accurium has expanded its education offering, adding a tax trainer and former SuperConcepts staffer to support growth in its services to accountants.

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Accounting, SMSFA

Keep SMSF parts of registry program

SMSF Association

The SMSF Association has called on the government to streamline registry functions related to SMSFs, which would have occurred under the now-cancelled Modernising Business Registers program.

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Accounting, Business News

IPA celebrates milestone

Institute of Public Accountants

An organisation representing accountants from Australia and around the world is about to mark its 100th anniversary.

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Accounting, Contributions, Superannuation

Lost super can become contribution trap

unclaimed super contribution

SMSF members claiming lost super must consider what it will do to their contribution caps if they pay it back into their fund.

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Accounting, Administration, SMSF

Class improves its market presence

SMSF software provider

Class has recorded a jump in the number of clients using its suite of products for the 12-month period to the end of March 2023.

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Accounting

Earnings tax guidance reveals unknowns

super earnings tax guidance

Government guidance on its proposed superannuation earnings tax has raised questions about events that push people into the new tax threshold

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Accounting

Accountants’ role omitted from QAR

Quality Advice Review accountants

The SMSF Association has noted the Quality of Advice Review recommendations failed to address the role accountants can play in financial planning.

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