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SMSF auditor busted self-auditing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
A Victoria-based self-managed superannuation fund auditor was disqualified for auditing his own fund. ASIC investigated Neil Wilson following information supplied by the Australian Taxation Office and determined that he had breached fundamental independence ...

Collaboration call for SMSF auditing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
SMSF auditor Evolv launched its latest software platform this week and the new product is aiming to encourage industry collaboration. Auditors across the self-managed superannuation industry now have the opportunity to licence the Evolv White platform. ...

SMSF auditor's appeal upheld

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overturned an ASIC decision to disqualify an SMSF auditor. In October 2015, Manoj Abichandani was disqualified as an SMSF auditor following allegations from ASIC that he tried to mislead the regulator with untruthful ...

Self-auditing SMSF auditor caught in ASIC breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Advisers should be careful when engaging a SMSF auditor following another disqualification by ASIC yesterday. Pierre Jarjoura of New South Wales has been disqualified after the regulator found he had breached independence and audit requirements, determining ...

ASIC drops proceedings against two former directors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... September 2016 for closing submissions. The AAT affirmed ASIC's decision to ban Abe Samuel from being an approved SMSF auditor after the AAT found Samuel had "plainly breached" auditor independence requirements in APES 110 and as a result had breached ...

ASIC cancels 133 SMSF auditor registrations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... check whether their auditor is registered or whether a person has been disqualified can do so by searching ASIC's SMSF Auditor register.

ASIC threatens SMSF auditors with cancellation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... members can check whether their auditor is registered, or whether a person has been disqualified, by searching ASIC's SMSF Auditor register. From 1 July 2013, the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 required all auditors of SMSFs to be registered ...

July 1 will end the "amateur" SMSF era

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
New entry and licensing requirements for SMSF auditors and accountants from July 1 will likely result in many funds being wound up, according to industry consultant John Wiseman. Wiseman noted that, as at December 2015, SMSFs represented 30% of the ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Australia's financial services regulators have committed to coordinating their efforts to ensure that professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association ...

Third SMSF auditor banned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... auditors, disqualifying a third person in as many days. James Dermody of New South Wales is disqualified from being an SMSF auditor because he signed independent auditor's reports and auditor independence declarations for two companies for the years ...