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Legislation
Super and natural disasters: Helping others using SMSF monies
The recent bushfires across Australia have impacted many thousands of individuals and small businesses and prompted an ...
Legislation
Super and natural disasters: SMSF owned assets
The recent bushfires across Australia have impacted many thousands of individuals and small businesses and prompted an ...
Legislation
Super & Natural Disasters: Early access to super
The recent bushfires across Australia have impacted many thousands of individuals and small businesses and prompted an ...
Legislation
Super and natural disasters: Loss of SMSF documents
The recent bushfires across Australia have impacted many thousands of individuals and small businesses and prompted an ...
Contribution
ATO guidance on timing of contributions to the Government's clearing house
December is not usually a time when many of us in the superannuation industry worry an awful lot about the exact timing of a ...
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Administration obligations when super death benefits are paid to the estate
Q: My client died and her superannuation benefits were paid from her SMSF to her estate. From the estate, the proceeds will be ...
Tax
ATO to alert trustees via SMS about SMSF changes
SMSF trustees should be aware that from January 2020, the ATO will commence a new initiative to help safeguard retirement ...
Pension
Limited solution to market linked pension commutation problem
Holders of a market linked pension (sometimes known as a term allocated pension) and/or a complying life expectancy pension ...
Meg's Musings
Meg's Musings December - December 2019
Some of you might know that Heffron celebrated 20 years in business last year. This major milestone inevitably triggered ...
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Rules for interacting with “relatives" in superannuation
The superannuation law includes various rules SMSFs must follow when interacting with “relatives”. Who is included as a ...
Legislation
Non arm’s length income when a fund incurs non arm’s length expenses
It’s good to hear that the ATO has flagged that it is “not looking to dedicate compliance resources” to locating and executing ...
Trustee
How to handle 'unusual' assets in your SMSF
Originally published in "Australian Financial Review" Investors often talk about running a self-managed superannuation fund ...
