News : Administration

Administration, Compliance

Past offences a barrier to trustee role

SMSF trustee eligibility

Potential SMSF trustees should be encouraged to disclose any past dishonesty offences to avoid committing a further offence if they take on the role.

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Administration, Business News

Class completes new product integration

Class product integration

Class has completed its integration with Cloudoffis SMSF Sorted, which is designed to deliver increased efficiency to SMSF accountants and administrators.

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Administration, ATO

Annual returns non-lodgement puts $45b at risk

SMSF annual returns

The non-lodgement of SMSF annual returns in 2019 has put in excess of $45 billion in superannuation assets at risk, according to the latest ATO data.

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Administration, Regulation

Unsuitable trustees should be replaced

SMSF members trustee replaced

Not all SMSF members should be trustees and can be replaced by their legal representative using an enduring power of attorney.

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Administration, Regulation

Six member funds regarded as franking credits foil

six member franking credits

A leading SMSF administrator has revealed interest among its clients to have more members in their funds has dropped away since the May federal election.

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Administration, Superannuation

NALE changes create “bizarre” scenarios for advisers

NALE accountants planners

Financial planners and accountants may find themselves subject to unusual non-arm’s-length expenditure rules (NALE) in managing their own SMSFs.

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Administration, Financial Planning

Advisers best placed to lead SMSF collaboration

SMSF collaboration model

Financial advisers should project manage SMSFs within a family office collaboration model in order to best serve trustees, an SMSF expert says.

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Accounting, Administration

Annual reporting no longer fit for purpose

SMSF annual reporting

The annual reporting model used by most SMSFs should be replaced by more frequent reporting because of the introduction of the TBA and TSB, an SMSF expert says.

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Administration, ATO

ATO to help track unused contributions

unused contributions carry forward

Administrative assistance being offered by the ATO should make monitoring the amount of a person’s unused concessional contributions cap with a view to using the carry-forward contributions provision much easier.

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Administration, Business News

SuperConcepts opens new SA office

SuperConcepts Adelaide office

SuperConcepts will expand its presence in South Australia after opening a new office, with plans to increase the operational staff based in the location.

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