Trustee Direct SMSF Service Fees

Direct Trustee Fee Schedule from 1 July 2026 (GST inclusive).
Will be indexed by annual CPI from 1 July 2027.

Special discount for transferring SMSFs

Notes

1. When a new Fund is established, the monthly administration fee begins from the first day of the month following inception. By way of clarity this means that a new fund, commenced on January 15th, would be billed 5 monthly instalments, until June 30th. If there is a delay in receiving cash into the fund’s bank account, the fee may be reduced to $40 per month for that period.
2. When an existing Fund transfers to our service it will be liable for the base administration fees applicable to the service from July 1^st of that year as we must commence the administration period from then – irrespective of the date of transfer. In the year of transfer only, if the previous year’s accounts are to be completed by us, we will reduce our base administration fees by 50% for that year. If there are other years they will be charged our standard rate. We will usually provide a fee waiver for any period where the fund has paid their current administrator non-refundable fees but only one of the concessional fee arrangements will apply. If the fund does not stay with us for at least 3 full fee-paying years, we reserve the right to reverse any discount.
3. The base audit fee is not controlled by us so may differ from this published rate. It also includes a preparation component. Additional fees will be charged for contravention reports and certain investments.
4. We do not provide investment advice or receive any product inducements. The Macquarie CMA has greater administrative functionality than other products, so it provides us with enhanced administrative capabilities including allowing us to pay fund tax. Similarly, AMM reliably downloads to our systems so is an administratively efficient fixed interest solution.
5. “Private” Unlisted companies and trusts (Institutional managed funds are not in this category) require an investigation of their underlying asset and accounting details each year for audit purposes. We may ask for extra information and may not be able to complete the super fund’s returns until the investment’s tax returns have been completed. Investment platforms that require manual entry are much more time consuming than those that are fully data fed. Additional fees may apply where the number of transactions is 250 or more.
6. The Health Check provides an overview of the fund’s deed, establishing documents, binding death benefit nominations and pension documentation. Historically we have found the need for further action in around 70% of the funds that have transferred to our service. We provide a list of recommendations as applicable. If any items require chargeable action, we credit the Health Check fee towards them in full.
7. This applies where submitted applications contain incorrect information – wrong or incomplete trustee/director names, etc. – discovered after we have produced all documentation and/or reported to ATO/ASIC necessitating rework and rectification.
8. This applies where confirmed information provided to us is changed after the year end financials have been produced – e.g. confirmed non deductible personal contributions altering to deductible – requiring the creation of new accounts and, possibly, rechecking by the auditor.