News

financial advice, SMSF, Superannuation

SMSF advice a possibility from APRA fund

SMSF advice

Calls to allow APRA-regulated funds to provide advice may mean they also have to consider a member’s SMSF benefits in the circumstances of that advice.

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SMSF, Strategy

Exit strategy must include incapacity

Exit strategy incapacity

The inclusion of a plan to manage trustee incapacity as part of an SMSF exit strategy is arguably more important than addressing a member’s death.

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Business News, fraud, Superannuation

Govt to set up scam prevention hub

Scam prevention

The government will set up a scam prevention centre to detect scams, share data and inform the public about new scams and fraudulent schemes.

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BDBNs, Pensions

Death pension doesn’t need order

Death benefit pension

It is not necessary to have a reversionary instruction or BDBN in place to pay a death benefit to the spouse of a deceased member via a pension.

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ATO, Superannuation

ATO sets date for personal TBC availability

TBC

Super fund members will gain access to personal TBC details early in the new financial year but should report outstanding information now.

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ATO, Compliance, SMSF

Loss no reason to ignore compliance order

financial loss ATO order

Financial loss will not be considered a key reason for an SMSF to avoid following a contravention rectification order issued by the ATO.

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Administration, Compliance, SMSF

Written orders key for wind-ups

SMSF wind-up instructions

Written fund member instructions regarding the treatment of assets in the event of an SMSF wind-up are imperative for advisers to mitigate their risk.

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Superannuation, Tax

Super earnings tax is double taxation

Super earnings double taxation

The earnings tax on superannuation balances above $3 million is a wealth tax and will subject fund members to a form of double taxation.

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SMSF, Superannuation, Tax

Super changes benefit unions, ALP

Superannuation changes unions

Proposed changes to super will benefit union-owned industry funds, which support the government introducing these measures, an SMSF industry veteran has claimed.

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ETFs, Investments

VanEck releases treasury bond ETF

VanEck US treasury bond ETF

VanEck is set to list its 33rd ETF for the Australian market with the release of a short-term US treasury bond fund.

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