Advisers need to be wary of clients constructing contrived arrangements about their retirement to gain early access to their ...

The ATO said it is reviewing and assessing all new SMSFs before they can receive a registered or complying status on Super ...

Insurance in an SMSF should line up with a fund’s overall investment strategy and be reviewed every 12 months, says an ...

The non-arm’s length income (NALI) provisions contained in s 295-550 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) ...

Whether a pension reversion nomination conflicts with a binding death nomination is not “black and white”, says a legal ...

Without proposed reforms to financial advice, Australians face a chain reaction of financial uncertainty over generations, ...

Following the success of a pilot program targeting “high-volume” SMSF auditors, the ATO is preparing to roll out more auditor ...

The latest instalment of the (in)famous SMSF related series of court decisions involving Mr and Mrs Frigger has been released ...

Inappropriate financial advice linked to SMSFs made up the majority of claims received by the Compensation Scheme of Last ...

The High Court in Hill v Zuda held that ‘reg 6.17A has no application to an SMSF.’ Accordingly, SMSF deeds have a great deal ...

A recent NSW court case has questioned whether assets retained via an SMSF are still subject to attack when the estate is ...

Confusion over SMSF wholesale classification thresholds and advice for low-balance clients to establish SMSFs were ongoing ...