News : Superannuation

Administration, Superannuation

SMSF Association highlights value of Class data

The SMSF Association has claimed cost comparison data produced by Class is an important corrective to numbers presented in the Productivity Commission’s final report.

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ASIC, Superannuation

SMSF product design obligations hard to police

Adding product design and distribution obligations to the creation of SMSFs would be hard to monitor, according to an actuarial firm.

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Superannuation

PC report doesn’t match evidence presented

Rice Warner has criticised the Productivity Commission’s final report into superannuation, claiming the organisation moved away from the evidence presented to it.

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ATO, Superannuation

Potential confusion flagged with division 293 notices

The way information is presented on the redesigned ATO division 293 assessment notices has the potential to cause confusion for SMSFs employing a contributions reserve

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ATO, Superannuation

ATO aids contributions cap compliance

The regulator will assist practitioners and their SMSF clients in complying with the new non-concessional contributions cap rules.

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ATO, Superannuation

Class finds holes in final PC report

Class has expressed concerns its research findings around SMSF returns are not fully reflected in the final Productivity Commission report.

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Regulation, Superannuation

ALP policy has potential economic consequences

The proposed changes to the franking credit rules could result in SMSF investors choosing debt for capital formation instead of equities, potentially threatening the Australian economy.

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Regulation, Retirement, Superannuation

Franking credit proposal fails policy test

Labor’s imputation refund proposal fails the public policy test on four grounds and will drive investors on to welfare, retirees have heard.

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Regulation, Superannuation

SMSFA flags three likely royal commission outcomes

The Royal Commission can result in three possible outcomes, each causing different levels of disruption, the SMSF Association believes.

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Investments, Regulation, Superannuation

Revised PC SMSF threshold remains misleading

The SMSF industry has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s revised minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000, but one firm has warned it is still misleadingly high as a cost-effective measurement.

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