University of Adelaide research demonstrates SMSFs resilience in market downturns

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Investment returns for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) in the 2021-22 financial year show they outperformed the APRA fund sector by 4.1 percentage points – again demonstrating their resilience in market

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Thought leadership panel mulls SMSF innovation and intervention

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The SMSF sector will put itself under the microscope at the Thought Leadership Breakfast (TLB) being held on the opening morning of this year’s SMSF Association’s National Conference at the

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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 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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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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Government urged to stay focused on efficiency and integrity gains amidst MBR program cancellation  

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The SMSF Association is urging the Government not to lose sight of key aspects of the Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program, that would have delivered improved administrative efficiencies and enhanced

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