Advisers may be too concerned about backdating and being in breach of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s Code of Ethics, an SMSF technical expert says.

A Treasury proposal to impose a set time for the preparation of SMSF accounts may lead to funds backdating records to meet the deadline.

SMSF trust deeds that rely on super laws to direct death benefits are incorrect as those laws only apply to retail and industry funds, an SMSF expert has warned.

Making permanent changes to federal laws to allow electronically signed digital trust deeds will only assist SMSFs when all the states implement similar changes.

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