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SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has called for a higher concessional cap and the accurate costing of superannuation taxation concessions in its submission to the federal government's May budget. SPAA also wants the government ...

SMSFs poised to boost infrastructure investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... submission to the Productivity Commission Public Infrastructure inquiry, the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) listed the advantages of SMSFs funding Australian infrastructure. "SMSF investment in infrastructure projects would open ...

Compensation opposed for SMSFs: SPAA

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The SMSFs Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has supported the government's stance to oppose any form of compensation scheme for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In response to a statement made by the Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

SPAA to use networking technology at conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

ATO figures nail in coffin for SMSF critics: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... super fund (SMSF) trustees are using their funds responsibly, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). According to Australian Tax Office figures, in the 2011-12 financial year, SMSFs withdrew $22.3 billion in benefit payments. ...

Appleyard defends free SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... service for every Australian." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) had warned that organisations offering to set up SMSFs for free may be misleading potential clients, and that there would ...

SPAA questions 'free lunch' SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... services may have hidden costs and catches, according the Graeme Colley of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. SPAA's criticism comes after news that Clever Super intends to launch its free SMSF service in mid-2014. When Clever Super founder ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... their obligations on a regular basis." Andrea Slattery, chief executive of the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) agreed. "Under the current law, the system is far too inflexible - the ATO only has draconian penalties to apply to SMSFs ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... unfounded. Graeme Colley, director of technical and professional services at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), said there was no evidence that SMSF use of LRBAs was "exponential or irresponsible". "What has to be understood is ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... superannuation super (SMSF) sector is not being poorly regulated, according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery. Slattery's comments came in response to a recent survey in which around 75% of people ...