Legislation to encourage employers to voluntarily disclose their historical superannuation guarantee (SG) non-compliance and pay an employee’s full SG entitlements has now been legislated.

Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 was passed by the Senate on Thursday 19 September. At long last, it allows certain people to opt out of receiving Superannuation Guarantee contributions.

The ATO updated its policies around the implication of late SMSF Regulatory returns on Wednesday - alerting trustees and accountants via changes to its website.

The Government has introduced two bills to the House of Representatives; one that had previously lapsed when the Federal Election was called, and one containing a long overdue improvement to salary sacrificing.

When the clearing house receives the money? Or when the respective superannuation funds receive the money from the clearing house?

In the final week of Parliament, there were a number of superannuation related measures still to be passed into law.