Combining several smaller pension accounts into one larger one comes with myriad administration and compliance issues, a ...

There are a few “quick concepts” that should be applied when an SMSF trustee is dealing with death benefit payments, a ...

SMSF trustees using a tax agent to lodge their SMSF annual return should know their lodgment date and engage early, the ATO ...

SMSFs are a structure that can heighten and exacerbate issues around elder abuse, a leader in the aged care sector has said.

Advisers need to be aware that the test for capacity is not “set in concrete”, a legal specialist has said. Sarah Camm, ...

The Prime Minister has officially called an election, but the government’s refusal to take Division 296 off the table looms ...

A recent Federal Court decision is a warning for all online providers and advisers of the dangers of a lax approach to clear ...

There was one announcement in the budget that could have some positive implications for the SMSF sector, a leading technical ...

A recent private binding ruling has reiterated the stringent conditions applied to qualify for death benefit dependant.

The ATO has again issued a warning to SMSF trustees that there are serious consequences for early access to superannuation.

Each year, there are a few instances where an SMSF member is informed by their personal tax accountant that they can’t lodge ...

Peter Burgess, chief executive of the SMSF Association, said that with the Better Targeted Superannuation Bill failing to ...