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Accounting, financial advice, SMSF, Superannuation

Added endorsement for financial abuse move

Financial abuse, superannuation.,

The country’s two peak accounting bodies have applauded the government’s commitment to restrict any monetary gains of financial abuse perpetrators.

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Business News, financial advice, Legislation, SMSF, Superannuation

FAAA launches election hub

Financial Advice Association Australia, FAAA, Sarah Abood, Labor, Liberal, election

The FAAA has established an election hub for advisers to provide insight into how their local candidates stand on issues related to key financial advice reforms.

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LRBA

One LRBA can apply to multiple assets

LRBA, borrowing,

More than one property asset title can be acquired using a single limited recourse borrowing arrangement in certain situations.

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ATO, SMSF, Superannuation, Tax

Tax agents must review SMSF skills

ATO, The Auditors Institute, Deloitte, SMSF, Liz Westover,

Tax agents who do small numbers of SMSF returns may want to reconsider if they have retained the skills and experience to continue this work.

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Death benefits, SMSF, Superannuation

Family violence super changes endorsed

The government’s vow to prevent perpetrators of family violence from profiting from a victim’s superannuation has been applauded.

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Business News, Investments, Technology

Selfwealth to delist after sale

Selfwealth, Craig Keary, Samantha Horton, Dhruv Arora,

Investment platform Selfwealth will shift into private ownership after shareholders agreed to a cash sale to an Asian firm operating a similar business model.

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financial advice, Investments

Managed accounts a time-saver

Managed accounts, Zenith Investment Partners, Steven Tang,

Advisers who use managed accounts have more time for client support and spend less of their work day on administration, but their selection is still driven by investment style and performance.

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Superannuation

Canberra to address financial abuse

The SMSF Association is anticipating a new parliamentary measure to address the issue of financial abuse after the coming federal election.

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ATO, Auditing

Auditors urged to check SAN misuse

SMSF auditors should be checking if their details have been misused with the ATO noting few have accessed its online information service over the past year.

SMSF auditors should be checking if their details have been misused, with the ATO noting few have accessed its online information service over the past year.

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financial advice, SMSF, Superannuation

TSB key to contribution decisions

total super balance, TSB, SuperGuardian, Tim Miller,

The size of someone’s total super balance will be the first factor in determining whether they can deploy a contribution strategy and may limit the options open to them.

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