Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

ATO, Tax

Compassionate payout must exclude tax

Medical compassionate grounds, Colonial First State, Craig Day, SMSF Association, SMSF Association National Conference 2025, Melbourne, 

Early payments made from SMSFs on medical compassionate grounds must have tax deducted before they are received by the relevant member.

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Investments, Private Assets

AFCA clarifies investor test

AFCA has provided some context as to how ASIC’s enforcement approach to the wholesale investor rules will apply to individuals in practical terms.

AFCA has provided some context as to how ASIC’s enforcement approach to the wholesale investor rules will apply to individuals in practical terms.

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ATO, Compliance & Regulation, Trusts

Family SMSFs must ponder disqualification

Individuals should consider the implications a serious compliance breach will have before including family members as SMSF trustees.

Individuals should consider the implications a serious compliance breach will have before including family members as SMSF trustees.

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Contributions, Tax

Cap breaches contain silver lining

Non-concessional contribution, Institute of Financial Professionals Australia, IFPA, Natasha Panagis, tax-free, retirement savings, superannuation, 

SMSF members can enjoy an unexpected benefit with regard to the taxable component of their benefits subsequent to making a contribution in error.

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Compliance & Regulation, SMSF

Coercive control an SMSF problem

Coercive control, domestic violence, SMSF, SMSFA, Tracey Scotchbrook, Parliamentary Joint Committee, ATO, SMSF Association National Conference 2025

SMSFs have been identified as a financial structure that perpetrators of domestic violence and coercive control can use to their advantage.

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Business news, Investments

LICAT rebrands to become Listed

The Listed Investment Companies and Trusts Association has rebranded and will now be known as Listed.

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International Shares, SMSF, Superannuation, Trusts

Interest rate expectations favour small caps

Small caps, Global X, ETF, Billy Leung, exchange-traded funds, global market,

The current global economic environment reflecting an expectation of interest rate cuts presents an opportune moment for investing in small caps.

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Compliance & Regulation, Investments

AFCA ruling threatens SMSFs

Australian Financial Complaints Authority, AFCA, wholesale investor, SMSF trustees, superannuation product, asset threshold, SMSF Association, Peter Burgess

A significant number of SMSF trustees may be adversely affected by a recent AFCA determination regarding the wholesale investor definition.

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Investments

Ready market key to fund assets

SMSF, asset valuation, ready market, ATO, valuation guidelines, Smarter SMSF, Tim Miller, sole purpose test

ATO guidelines have stipulated an asset that does not have a ready market where it can be easily valued may not be appropriate for an SMSF to hold.

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SMSF, Trusts

Shareholders key to corporate trustee

Accurium, company directors, company shareholders, corporate trustee, Estate planning, Mark Ellem, Self-managed superannuation, SMSF

Practitioners need to act with caution when appointing the shareholders of the SMSF corporate trustee company in the absence of any relevant rules.

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