The ATO has announced that it is extending the deadline it had set for SMSF trustees to disclose any personal services income that has been diverted to their fund….
Can You Purchase Your Business Property With a SMSF?
By: Amanda Anderson
There are a number of options available to small business owners when it comes to occupying commercial property. The most common is of course a direct lease with…
Super Performance Satisfaction Down, but SMSFs Lead the Pack
By: Steve Burnham
New research from Roy Morgan has found that in the six months to last November, overall satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation was 58.4%, unchanged from October…
Can Your SMSF Buy Your Business?
By: Alexandra Cain
The short answer is yes. The long answer is more complex.
For a lot of people, putting their business premises inside their super fund makes sense. But what…
Tax Office Moves Against Smsf Housing Plan
By: Rod Myer
The Australian Taxation Office has fired a shot across the bows of plans by DomaCom, an investment company, to allow self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors to live in…
How Scammers Are Targeting Pre-retirees and Their SMSFs
By: Nicola Field
Self-managed super fund trustees and their advisors need to be alert to the latest round of wealth-stripping fraudulent schemes.
Fraudsters have Australia’s over-50s in their sights, and…
ATO Takes Aim at Serious Smsf Non-compliance
By: Steve Burnham
ATO takes aim at serious SMSF non-compliance. Speaking at national superannuation conference in late August, the ATO’s superannuation assistant commissioner Kasey Macfarlane highlighted a number of issues that…
