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Vanguard launches SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Vanguard has launched a self-managed super fund capability within its Personal Investor offering.

New requirements for SMSFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
The Australian Taxation Office has announced new accounting requirements for SMSFs, which will come into effect 1 July 2021.

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New ATO data has brought ASIC's SMSF expense fact sheet under renewed pressure.

ATO warns against SMSF property development

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The Australian Taxation Office has shared its concerns about a growing number of SMSFs purchasing and investing in the development of real property.

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
While hundreds of thousands of Australians remove tens of millions from their superannuation accounts, SMSFs are holding their own.

TPB cracks down on 74 tax practitioners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
The Tax Practitioners Board has found 74 tax practitioners to be engaging in "concerning behaviour", including using fraudulent SMSF Auditor Numbers (SANs).

Sole purpose test poses SMSF rent relief issue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
COVID-19 has seen more than half a million Australians lose their jobs and countless businesses shuttered but for SMSF trustee landlords offering rent relief to those facing financial hardship could mean they fail to meet the sole purpose test.

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) has redesigned and is relaunching its membership offering for SMSF trustees.

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
SMSF trustee behaviour will be under scrutiny from the Australian Taxation Office and they're set to face some tough penalties if they assist in the illegal early release of super.

A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
SMSF platform Class found itself in a fairly unique predicament recently after acquiring a business in another state only for the borders to be closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.