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ATO figures show SMSF borrowings prudent

From SMSF Association

The growth in SMSF borrowings has grown steadily over the five years to 30 June 2012, according to the latest Australian Taxation Office (ATO) figures. Graeme Colley, Director, Technical and Professional

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14 Jan 2014

Decision on SMSF penalties gets thumbs up from SPAA

From SMSF Association

The decision by the Federal Government to give the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) flexible and cost effective penalties to handle SMSFs that breach the law will ensure the system is

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17 Dec 2013

SPAA dips its lid to ATO for its approach to limited borrowing

From SMSF Association

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) applauds the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) practical approach to the draft legislative instrument about limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs). The ATO has released

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16 Dec 2013

APRA has no regulatory role to play in SMSF sector: SPAA

From SMSF Association

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has dismissed calls for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to regulate self managed super funds as being “willfully ignorant” of how this

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10 Dec 2013

Gatekeepers’ role vital to health of SMSF sector

From SMSF Association

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) yesterday welcomed ASIC’s acknowledgement of the importance of professional service providers to the SMSF industry. Jordan George, SPAA Senior Manager Technical and Policy,

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06 Sep 2013

ATO monitoring highlights need for SMSFs to get quality advice

From SMSF Association

The need for trustees of self managed super funds (SMSFs) to get professional advice has never been more important following the announcement by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to increase

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18 Jul 2013

Rising number of online scams

From Australian Taxation Office

Reports of e-mail scams to the ATO have tripled to almost 11,000 compared to the same quarter of last year. Second Commissioner Geoff Leeper said the ATO is seeing an

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24 May 2013

Lost super heading to ATO

From BT Financial Group

Australians have just one week before inactive superannuation accounts with less than $2,000 must be sent to the Australian Tax Office. In December the Government passed a new law requiring

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23 May 2013

ATO report backs SPAA’s position: Constant change undermines super

From SMSF Association

The ATO-commissioned report about how to communicate about superannuation reinforces what the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has been saying about superannuation – constant change weakens the system. The

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09 May 2013

SMSFs – a new standard for rollovers and contributions

From Australian Taxation Office

From 1 July 2013, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funds can roll over to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) using the new standard wherever an SMSF provides the relevant electronic service

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11 Apr 2013

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