Opinions

CPA

Accountants and SMSFs

There has been much commentary about what SMSF advice accountants are providing following the removal of the accountants’ exemption last year amid concerns the take-up of the limited licence hasn’t been as high as expected.

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SMSFA

ATO stats show SMSF sector thriving

George Jordan

It looks like Cooper and Murray got it right after all. When the Cooper inquiry into superannuation was established in 2009, there was no shortage of critics of the SMSF sector

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SISFA

Only the best for purpose of super

As 2016 came to a close, the federal government invited submissions to its discussion paper on the definition of superannuation, a final act in the significant changes enacted last year.

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IPA

Payroll with one touch

In case you missed it, single-touch payroll (STP) legislation was introduced into federal Parliament on 31 August 2016 through the government’s Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016.

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ASMA

What you need to set up an SMSF

How much do you really need to establish an SMSF?

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SMSFA

SMSF trustees doing quite nicely

In the 12 months to 30 June 2015, a two-member SMSF averaged a 4.2 per cent investment return net of administrative costs and gross of income tax.

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IPA

Australia’s innovation scorecard: pass or fail?

In the past couple of years, we’ve had a plethora of innovation summits, hackathons and the launch of the federal government’s “National Innovation and Science Agenda” (NISA), along with its four-pronged approach focusing on culture, capital, collaboration and talent.

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CAANZ

How generous is the tax on super?

Is the 15 per cent tax on the earnings from assets of more than $1.6 million a concessional rate of tax? You would have to go a long way to find someone who disagrees with this perception.

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SISFA

Simpler super?

If you are a regular reader of this fine publication, you will be well aware our government, like others before it, is once again tinkering with the regulations governing superannuation.

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SMSFA

Conference expands practicality

Andrea Slattery

The SMSF Association has designed four new workshops to specifically meet the needs of specialist members at its 2016 National Conference in Adelaide from 17-19 February 2016.

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