SMSF Association calls for simplification in Budget submission

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The SMSF Association has made simplification, modernisation, and the removal of red tape key themes in its submission to the Federal Government’s 2024-25 Budget. SMSF Association CEO Peter Burgess, who

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SMSF Association welcomes Christine Franks to board

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Christine Franks, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with more than 20 years’ governance experience, has been appointed to the SMSF Association Board as its governance expert,

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SMSF Association debunks negligible impact finding

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The SMSF Association has thrown cold water on “research” by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) claiming that only one per cent of SMSFs with balances exceeding $3

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National Conference integrating best practices and wellbeing alongside technical expertise

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Mary SimmonsThe important role that AI will play in the wealth management industry of tomorrow will come under the microscope at the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference being held at

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SMSF Association urges Senate crossbench to reject ‘complex and inequitable’ $3 million super tax

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The SMSF Association is urging the Senate crossbench to reject legislation tabled in the Parliament yesterday that proposes a tax on the earnings of superannuation balances exceeding $3 million. Association

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Super specialists to level up at annual National Conference

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With all the conversations taking place around proposed changes to tax structures and the advancements in practice strategies, the SMSF sector is energised. It’s this bristling vibrancy that the SMSF

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Draft super tax legislation riddled with unintended consequences

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Small business owners and farmers with their land or business premises owned by their SMSF are the big losers in the draft legislation on the Better Targeted Superannuation Concession, says

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University of Adelaide report finds super tax will have broader consequences

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The Federal Government’s proposed new tax on superannuation balances exceeding $3 million could have a negative impact on up to 50,000 SMSF members, with the mean additional tax liability exceeding

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Taxing unrealised capital gains is flawed policy

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The Federal Government’s decision to push ahead with its plans to tax unrealised capital gains in its proposed new tax on earnings on superannuation balances exceeding $3 million is bitterly

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ATO position on auditor evidence obligations remain unchanged

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The SMSF Association says the ATO’s position in relation to what is expected of auditors when checking whether or not there are any charges over an SMSF’s assets has not

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