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Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... recipients. "This is important to older Australians who have not yet reached pension age and are long-term unemployed." SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said it's only right that aged pensioners are exempt but there are still "serious reservations" ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... to protect age pensioners from its proposed excess dividend imputation credits reform still falls short, the SMSF Association says. Labor introduced the Pensioner Guarantee yesterday as a way to protect pensioners from abolishing cash refunds for excess ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... close to retirement and cannot justify doing an eight subject Graduate Diploma," the AFA said. Meanwhile, the SMSF Association welcomed the new guidelines and labelled them a positive step forward. "The guidance, when coupled with the proposed draft ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... dividend imputation credits to shut a "generous" tax loophole mostly benefiting self-managed super funds (SMSF). The SMSF Association has hit back at the proposal claiming it unfairly targets the SMSF sector. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney ...

SMSF industry hails ATO appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
The SMSF Association welcomed the appointment of a new assistant commissioner, self-managed superannuation funds to the Australian Taxation Office. KPMG partner Dana Fleming succeeds Kasey Macfarlane in the role and brings more than 20 years' experience ...

Complaints authority welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... authorisation no later than 15 March 2018. AFCA's remit has expanded to self-managed super fund members - a move the SMSF Association described as a "significant step" for the industry. SMSFA chief executive John Maroney said SMSF members and trustees ...

ATO closely monitoring SMSF balance caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... members close to breaching the cap. ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation James O'Halloran told the 2018 SMSF Association National Conference last week that non-lodgement, reserves, together with actively ensuring SMSFs remain within transfer balance ...

SMFSA voices support for AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... protect some rights of self-managed super members marks a "significant step" for the industry, according to the SMSF Association. Establishing AFCA consolidated the functions of the Financial Ombudsman Service, Credit and Insurance Ombudsman, and Superannuation ...

FASEA accelerates degree equivalency agenda

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
FASEA chief executive Deen Sanders told the SMSF Association's 2018 National Conference that as part of the new financial adviser education regime a proposed framework for degree equivalence will be released in coming weeks. "Having heard the anxiety ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... retraining, especially as the risk of losing one's job to automation grows. Speaking at the opening session of the SMSF Association's 2018 National Conference this morning in Sydney, La Trobe University pro-vice chancellor Phillip Dolan said while Australia's ...