News : Compliance

ASIC, Compliance, financial advice

External information can lower risk

ASIC

Pointing clients to investment guidance provided by organisations such as ASIC is a good way to minimising the risk of an advisory practice.

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Compliance, Cryptocurrency, Investments, SMSF

Derivatives require extra trustee care

Derivatives SMSF

SMSF trustees need to be aware of their heightened obligations under the SIS Act when investing in complex financial securities such as derivatives.

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Compliance, financial advice, Financial Planning

Compensation scheme to start next year

Compensation scheme last resort

A compensation scheme of last resort will be in operation by early next year, but questions have been raised about its coverage and funding model.

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ATO, Compliance, Superannuation

Early release schemes on ATO radar

early access ATO

The ATO is set to step up compliance actions against individuals who illegally access their super early, with severe penalties for those who choose this course of action.

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ATO, Compliance, NALI/NALE, Property

SMSF projects probed for NALI breaches

SMSF property NALI

The ATO has cautioned SMSF trustees and advisers about potential NALI breaches in property development projects and, in an unrelated announcement, disqualified over 200 SMSF trustees.

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ATO, Compliance, NALI/NALE

NALI statutory income guidance pending

NALI statutory income

The ATO is believed to be developing guidance for release this month on the calculation of statutory income that will be viewed as NALI.

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ATO, Compliance, Tax

New SMSFs targeted for non-lodgement

SMSFs annual returns

New SMSFs are failing to lodge annual returns and abide by their taxation obligations, drawing the attention of the ATO.

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Compliance, financial advice, Regulation

Jones accepts majority of QAR proposals

QAR recommendations

The government will accept many of the recommendations of the Quality of Advice Review, but has reserved its position on how some of them will be enacted.

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Compliance, NALI/NALE, SMSF

NALE penalty appropriate, but needs clarity

NALE penalty level

The update to the NALE penalty in the 2023 federal budget is a reasonable approach, however, further clarification is needed on what defines a NALE compliance breach.

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