Accountants need to act now if they need a limited AFSL

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Time is fast running out for accountants who need a limited Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence to continue advising self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees after 30 June 2016. The SMSF

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SMSFA supports choice of super fund legislation

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The SMSF Association has put its weight behind the Government’s proposed legislation to extend choice of superannuation fund, arguing it will increase consumer engagement, improve efficiency and help underpin a

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ATO statistics give SMSF sector the thumbs up

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The latest set of ATO statistics on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) draw a glowing picture of health of the largest superannuation sector, says SMSF Association CEO/Managing Director Andrea Slattery. The

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Super choice of fund, transparency legislation will ‘encourage’ engagement

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The Government’s draft legislation on superannuation choice of fund and transparency will increase people’s engagement with superannuation, says Andrea Slattery, CEO/Managing Director of the SMSF Association. “The Association is a

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Push to model super tax concessions applauded

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A parliamentary committee recommendation that the Federal Treasury should model the long-term savings of superannuation tax concessions to Government via lower spending on the age pension has been warmly welcomed

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SMSFA welcomes draft legislation to raise professional advice standards

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The Federal Government’s draft legislation to raise the professional standards of financial advisors is another important step down the path of giving Australians “quality” financial advice and to build consumer

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‘Pressing need’ for small business to get professional advice

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The need for small businesses to get professional advice has never been more evident, according to the Small Business Research Report 2015 commissioned by the SMSF Association and the management

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Tax debate ‘undermining confidence’ in the super system

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The ongoing controversy around the taxation of Australia’s superannuation system is undermining public confidence in the system, with suggestions that it needs a large overhaul being counter-productive, says SMSF Association

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Open up infrastructure investment to SMSFs, says SMSF Association

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There is an urgent need to open up infrastructure investment to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, says SMSF Association CEO/Managing Director Andrea Slattery. Slattery says that with both the

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SMSFA supports Government’s green light for LRBAs

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Limited recourse borrowings arrangements (LRBAs) have survived another attempt to ban them with the Government’s decision to categorically rule out the Financial System Inquiry’s (FSI) recommendation to abolish them. The

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