News : Compliance

ASIC, Compliance

ASIC targeting company compliance

SMSF corporate trustees compliance

Increased scrutiny is being applied to the compliance activities of SMSF corporate trustees by ASIC.

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ATO, Compliance

Trustees warned on excess NCC release

Excess non-concessional release

SMSF trustees have been advised that any excess non-concessional contributions must be released to the ATO and not fund members and not doing so is a compliance breach.

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ATO, Compliance

ATO gives trustees six months to comply

ATO SMSF rectification

SMSF trustees ordered by the ATO to rectify a contravention will have six months to do so before being hit with a significant administrative penalty.

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Compliance, financial advice

CSLR bills tabled in parliament

Compensation scheme last resort

The compensation scheme of last resort is closer to being established with the bills facilitating its existence tabled in parliament today.

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Compliance

Trustee disqualifications rise

disqualified trustees

The ATO has disqualified 130 SMSF trustees in the last quarter after disqualifying around twice that number in the previous quarter.

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Compliance

Penalty unit rise boosts corporate trustee case

penalty unit corporate trustee

The increases in penalty units during this year have strengthened the case for SMSFs to use a corporate trustee structure.

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ATO, Compliance

Voluntarily disclose unfixable problems

SMSF voluntary disclosure

SMSF trustees should not hide unfixable problems with their fund, but via voluntary disclosure inform the ATO before it finds the problem.

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Compliance, Documentation, Trusts

Trustee company deregistration suboptimal

Corporate trustee deregistered.

SMSFs face several adverse consequences should a fund’s corporate trustee directors allow the company in question to be deregistered by ASIC.

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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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Compliance, Documentation

Assets without a market raise questions

SMSF assets market

The ATO has indicated assets without a ready market may not be suitable investments for SMSFs, particularly if they cannot produce growth or income.

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