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ATO, Documentation

ATO changes ABN registration process

ATO ABN registration

The ATO has changed the ABN registration process for SMSFs, requiring certain information to be provided through different channels.

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ATO, Compliance

Trustee disqualifications hit peak

SMSF trustees disqualified

More than 250 SMSF trustees have been disqualified in a single quarter, with that number exceeding the total for the financial year.

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ATO, Pensions

ATO discretion worth pursuing

ATO discretion pension

Applications for ATO discretion should always be made where a minimum pension payment has not been met and self-rectification cannot be used.

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ATO, SuperStream

ESA non-disclosure breaches obligations

withheld ESA

SMSF practitioners must disclose the electronic service address of a fund when dealing with the ATO as not doing so will create a breach for their trustee clients.

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ATO, Documentation

ATO encourages early reporting

ATO early reporting

SMSFs should make early reports of events that impact a member’s transfer balance account which creates more clarity around the fund’s status.

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ATO, Documentation

YourSuper tool recommended for wind-ups

YourSuper SMSF wind-up

The ATO has reminded SMSFs that are winding up they can use its superannuation fund comparison tool to find a new home for their fund benefits.

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ATO, Contributions

Admin penalties net $3.4 million

SMSF administrative penalties

Administrative penalties imposed on SMSF trustees by the ATO raised $3.4 million for the regulator in the 2022 income year.

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ATO

ATO set to disqualify non-lodging tax agents

tax agents SMSF trustees

Hundreds of tax agents who are SMSF trustees face disqualification for failing to lodge an annual return unless they urgently engage with the ATO.

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ATO, Superannuation

SMSF complaints against ATO low

SMSFs complaints ATO

The number of SMSFs accessing the Tax Ombudsman complaints service regarding actions brought against them by the ATO are considerably low.

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ATO, Superannuation

SMSF numbers hit historic highs

SMSFs members number

The number of SMSFs and their underlying members are at the highest levels recorded, with wind-ups at their lowest for a decade, according to ATO data.

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