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The budget was largely missing any announcements particular to our sector. On related matters, the deeming rate won’t...

Last night, the inaugural Australian Wealth Management Awards 2024, an initiative of Momentum Media’s wealth...

A transition to retirement income stream is not only useful as a source of income before retirement but also effective...

A downsizer contribution of up to $300k can be made by a member and/or their spouse who is 55, or older, at the date...

So called contribution reserving is unique to SMSF’s. The process is not actually reserving at all but, rather, one of...

Provided that a member has a total super balance of less than $500,000 as at the previous 30 June, and is eligible to...

The ATO have used data analysis to target 16,500 SMSFs that have reported the same value for certain classes of...

When a beneficiary first becomes a recipient of a reversionary pension a few items need to be considered. As the...

The ATO expect that advisory firms, including individual advisers, must set the standard for integrity by attending to...

To meet the definition of an SMSF in s 17A of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) (SISA), all...

The latest AWOTE figures have been confirmed and will result in an increase to the superannuation contribution caps...

We have launched a new adviser resource, SMSF Alliance TV. It’s a collection of animated videos to assist advisers in...

When registering a new SMSF with the ATO there is always a chance that the ATO will contact the trustees before...

As there will be much emotive media comment on the Government's decision to make changes to the stage 3 Tax Cuts, I...

I recently considered a case where the SMSF trustees wished to pay a superannuation death benefit to the former spouse...