News : SuperStream

SMSF, Superannuation, SuperStream

Rollovers processed slower than required

The average processing time for a rollover request from a public offer fund to an SMSF is exceeding the timeframe set by the super rules.

The average processing time for a rollover request from a public offer fund to an SMSF is exceeding the timeframe set by the super rules.

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Pensions, SMSF, Strategy, SuperStream, Tax

Pensions should not be a tax dodge

Starting a pension in an SMSF to extract large amounts of money and in the process avoiding a CGT liability may be viewed as a misuse of the fund.

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Administration, Compliance, SMSF, SuperStream

Doubt cast on Div 296 start date

The lack of action by large super funds to prepare for the Division 296 impost makes it likely it will not be applied this financial year.

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Division 296, SuperStream, Tax

SMSFs will have to de-risk under new tax

self managed super, self managed super fund, self managed super funds, self managed superannuation, SMSF, Division 296, investment portfolio, small company, venture capital, unrealised capital gains, Wilson Asset Management, WAM, Geoff Wilson, innovation, trustees, de-risk

The Division 296 tax is likely to drive SMSFs away from small company investments, reducing the pool of capital available to them.

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SuperStream

SuperStream not default option in separations

SuperStream may not be the default rollover option for SMSF trustees who are separating with regulations and family law orders playing a role in how different assets will move.

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ATO, SMSF, SuperStream

Dispute intervention not an ATO role

There should be no expectation among SMSF trustees that the ATO will have any involvement in member disputes except in specific circumstances.

There should be no expectation among SMSF trustees that the ATO will have any involvement in member disputes except in specific circumstances.

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ATO, SMSF, SuperStream

Push to use SuperStream needed

SuperStream Rollovers SMSF self-managed superannution ATO ASF Audits Shelley Banton ACIS

Auditors are finding SMSF trustees are still not using SuperStream for rollovers out of their fund and the failure to do so will be reported as a breach to the ATO.

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Contributions, SMSF, SuperStream

Trustees still bypassing SuperStream

Research has shown a significant proportion of trustees are neglecting to use SuperStream when processing contribution transactions.

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Administration, ATO, Compliance, Regulation, SuperStream

Rollover timeframes work against trustees

SMSF Rollover Wind up SuperStream

SMSF trustees will continue to experience issues with rolling assets from a fund using SuperStream within the required timeframe due to unchanged limits in the system.

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Administration, ATO, SuperStream

ATO issues release authority guidance

ATO SuperStream Release authority Guidance

The ATO has provided guidance to rectify issues trustees may experience when using SuperStream with regard to release authorities.

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