Employees who can demonstrate they are at risk of breaching the concessional contributions cap should be able to opt out of compulsory SG payments, according to SPAA....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) is encouraging the further education of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees through the lau...
The popularity of geared investments amongst SMSF trustees has increased dramatically, with the number of funds borrowing to invest more than doubling in the past two yea...
The maximum 80 per cent loan to value ratio for borrowing with SMSFs is arbitrary and should be increased, according to national accounting firm Chan & Naylor....
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s proposed ban on asset-based fees will impact accountants working as financial planners, according to the Self-Ma...
SPAA has appointed Peter Crump and Andrew Hamilton to its board....
The rise of self managed retirement investing will present an increasing challenge for regulators, as they will need to protect investors from gambling away their retirem...
Self-managed super funds are getting ready to redirect about $32.2 billion in investments to residential property, but a lack of knowledge could have costly consequences,...
An industry executive has called for the implementation of a nationally recognised accreditation scheme covering SMSF providers....
Online trust deed administrator SuperCentral will provide trust deed and supporting documentation services for Fiducian’s new SMSF administration service....
Lonsdale offers authorised representative answer to accountants on SMSF advice....
ATO warns it is still focused on related party issues within SMSFs....
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...