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SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs have almost tripled in four years, the latest Australian Tax Office (ATO) statistics show. The proportion of SMSFs with borrowings has risen from 2.3% of funds in 2010 to 6.7% of funds in 2014. At ...

PwC appoints SMSF specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... advocacy and leadership across all areas of superannuation including SMSFs. She was also a member of the Australian Tax Office's (ATO) Superannuation Industry Advisory Group. Westover is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a CA SMSF specialist. She holds ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... active. The customer retention program is aiming to steer member funds away from the administration of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and consolidate multiple accounts whether they be with Vision Super or elsewhere. Vision Super chief executive Stephen ...

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... research, which chief executive David Atkin argued highlighted "the need for Government, the industry and the Australian Tax Office to step up compliance activities to ensure these obligations are being met." Cbus found that in 2013, roughly $2.6 billion ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) should only occur if additional resources are provided to the Australian Tax Office. ASFA has said the non-payment of super by employers is potentially costing young Australians $14,000 per year in retirement ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... plan provided appropriate regulation and supervision is enforced and supported by data collected by the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The government's FSI response was also welcomed by the Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Association who said it has always ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... AMP SMSF head of policy, technical and education services, Peter Burgess said the online course will be Australian Tax Office-approved and will include embedded videos from the regulator as well as tips from SMSF experts. "I think it's worth considering ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) should only occur if additional resources are provided to the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

ASFA supports SGC bill with increased ATO resources

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) should only occur if additional resources are provided to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). In its submission on the draft Superannuation Guarantee Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, ASFA calls ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... already exceeds $2.5 billion per year. Atkin said in a recent report to government the Audit Office noted the Australian Tax Office's (ATO) own internal risk assessment indicates that as many as 11 to 20% of employers could be non-compliant with their ...