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SMSF industry welcomes more flexible penalties

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... (SMSF) industry. Speaking at the 10th SPAA SMSF National Conference in Brisbane AMP SMSF head of policy & technical, Peter Burgess, said penalties that were introduced into parliament last year had now been re-introduced and gave the Australian Taxation ...

No more SMSF tax loopholes for excess concessional contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... (ECCs) to avoid paying the highest rate of tax on their income, according to AMP SMSF's head of policy and technical Peter Burgess. Speaking at the SPAA State Technical Conference in Sydney on Tuesday, to an audience predominantly comprised of financial ...

SMSF 'Boost Camp' 2013 gets underway July 23

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... for the fast growing SMSF sector," SPAA said. Those speakers will include AMP SMSF head of policy and technical Peter Burgess, Griffith Business School professor of finance Michael Drew, Super Sphere director Belinda Aisbett, and SPAA chief executive ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... experience in the sector. It is delivered by Peter Hogan, national manager SMSF advice with MLC Advice Solutions, and Peter Burgess, head of policy & technical at AMP SMSF. Assistant director of programs Tania Turner said the course has seen an increase ...

AMP SMSF appoints Burgess as new policy head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
AMP SMSF has appointed Peter Burgess to the new role of head of policy and technical. Burgess will be responsible for interpreting SMSF legislation to help with the development of SMSF advice as well as technical support for AMP's aligned planner network. ...

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... party rules for SMSFs are open to abuse. But SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) technical director, Peter Burgess, said, "The decision for the legislation to change the requirement from 'must not intentionally acquire an asset from a ...

Industry urged to understand changes to transfer rules

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... session of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) national conference, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess reminded delegates that this year it would become harder for clients (with SMSFs) to transfer listed assets they hold personally ...

Broken 'contribs law' needs fixing: SPAA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... Speaking at SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia's ( SPAA) conference in Melbourne, SPAA technical director Peter Burgess said the system needs to be reformed. He cites recent cases where people in self managed super funds were charged a 93% ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... before embarking on this strategy; it's very much a case of look before you leap," said SPAA technical director Peter Burgess. He stressed though that it's not all bad, and used in the right way there can be considerable benefits from borrowing within ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... super members have largely been moved into higher risk assets because professionals recognise the true value there." Peter Burgess, technical director at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agrees that the global financial crisis ...