News : Strategy

Administration, SMSF, Strategy

Question capability before strategy

Investment strategy

SMSF advisers focused on creating an investment strategy for clients should perhaps firstly consider if an SMSF is even suitable for them.

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Auditing, Investments, SMSF, Strategy

Poor investment strategies qualified

Investment strategy

The employment of a generic SMSF investment strategy has provided sufficient grounds for a qualified audit report for a prominent practitioner.

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Strategy

ATO rules out strategy wording

ATO investment strategy wording

While demand for specific SMSF investment strategy wording from the ATO is high, trustees will not receive this type of regulatory assistance.

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Investments, Strategy

Specialist firms launch strategy service

investment strategy service

Two specialist firms have launched a service to assist SMSFs create compliant investment strategies that match the specific aims and goals of a fund.

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Pensions, Strategy

Consider CSHC test with pension change

CSHC income test pension

SMSF practitioners should be cautious about pension changes that could negatively interact with new thresholds for the CSHC.

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Documentation, Strategy

Structures key to compliant investments

SMSFs structures investment

SMSFs need to closely examine how they invest with related parties to prevent the creation of benefits that may be considered non-compliant.

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NALI/NALE, Strategy, Tax

In-specie traps within related-party deals

in-specie related party

Related-party acquisitions must be worked through carefully to avoid contribution and tax problems connected to in-specie transfers.

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Documentation, Strategy

Splitting benefits complicated by SuperStream

Splitting benefits SuperStream

An expert has advised SMSF trustees consider the SuperStream rules before splitting member entitlements to ensure they can be moved out of the fund in the correct manner.

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Investments, Strategy

Strategy fear result of compliance focus

SMSF investment strategy compliance

SMSF accountants are afraid to address investment strategies as the process has become too compliance driven rather than focusing on recording trustee plans.

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Investments, Strategy

Investment strategy causing angst

SMSF investment strategy

SMSF practitioners remain frustrated at the lack of definitive instruction and poor trustee attitudes in relation to fund investment strategies.

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