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Administration, Compliance, Regulation, SMSF, Trusts

Lost deeds undermine trust functions

Lost trust deed

A lost trust deed can bring into question the ability of trustees to carry out their duties and cast doubts over the operations of the trust.

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Compliance, financial advice, Regulation, SMSF

Use tech services with caution

Financial advice technical services

SMSF advisers should use technical support services in moderation when offering advice on complex or technical matters outside their expertise.

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Administration, Compliance, Regulation, SMSF

Deeds can force member exits

SMSF member exit deed

SMSF members can be forced out of a fund, but only in cases where deeds have been structured to include trigger events requiring their exit.

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Compliance, financial advice, Regulation

Ethical advice goes beyond compliance

SMSF advice ethics

When providing advice to SMSF clients, advisers should consider external factors as adhering to the Corporations Act may not guarantee ethical conduct.

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ATO, Pensions, Regulation, Superannuation

Commissioner TBC ruling not unconstitutional

Transfer balance cap

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision by the tax commissioner that commuting an excess over the transfer balance cap was unconstitutional and carried out on unjust terms.

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Administration, Compliance, Regulation, SMSF

Ruling clarifies SMSF director-executor pay

SMSF director executor

A recent court ruling has clarified whether an SMSF is legally required to compensate a director when they are appointed as both a director and executor of an SMSF.

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Compliance, NALI/NALE, Regulation, SMSF, SMSFA

Repeal NALE or fix related issues

NALE

The SMSF Association has called on the government to repeal the NALE provisions or provide solutions to further problems they will create.

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Regulation, SMSF, Tax

Imputation system changes bad for SMSFs

Franking credits

The proposed changes to the franking credits regime could have a significant impact on trustees who rely on the credits to benefit from lower taxation rates offered by their SMSFs.

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financial advice, Regulation, SMSFA

Levy to address SMSFA tech summit

Quality of advice review

The author of the Quality of Advice Review report Michelle Levy will unpack the government’s response to it at this year’s SMSF Association Technical Summit.

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Regulation, SMSF, Tax

Changes to super will not end

superannuation changes

The size of assets held within superannuation means governments are likely to make ongoing changes such as the proposed $3 million tax.

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