News : Regulation

Pensions, Regulation, Superannuation

Minimum pension normalcy back

Minimum pensions

Last night’s budget gave the industry a very good indication that minimum pensions will be returning to pre-COVID rates from 1 July 2023.

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Regulation, SMSF

Expert status will bring heavy penalties

SMSF practitioners regulators

SMSF practitioners have been presented with a case study of what they can expect from the regulators if they intentionally breach the law.

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financial advice, Regulation, SMSFA

Experience plan may have kept more advisers

Experienced adviser pathway

The experienced adviser pathway should have been offered sooner under the education changes of recent years and may have led to greater retention of advisers.

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financial advice, Regulation

QAR recommendations need proper treatment

QAR recommendations

The objectives of the Quality of Advice Review may not be met if the government only acts upon the recommendations that are easy to implement.

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Regulation, Superannuation, Tax

Ring-fence unrealised gains tax

Unrealised gains tax

The taxation of unrealised gains in superannuation should be ring-fenced to the proposed $3 million balance tax if the government presses ahead with its plans.

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Regulation, SMSF

Knowledge of SIS sections critical

SIS act

Knowing the specific differences between parts of the SIS Act that may seem the same is critical to allow advisers to find optimal client solutions.

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NALI/NALE, Regulation, Tax

New NALE rules not needed

NALE

The IFPA has suggested the treatment of NALE within SMSFs and small APRA funds can be achieved by using existing rulings and legislation.

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financial advice, Regulation

Pressing QAR recommendations identified

Quality of advice review

The Joint Associations Working Group has recognised the recommendations from the Quality of Advice Review cannot be implemented all at once.

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ATO, Regulation, Superannuation

Work test anomaly addressed

Work test

An anomaly that arose from the most recent amendment to the work test has been rectified after the release of a new legislative instrument by the ATO.

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Education, financial advice, Regulation

Bill defining experience pathway released

Adviser experience pathway

Draft legislation has been introduced defining the experience pathway whereby advisers will be deemed to have met their education requirements.

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