Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Retirement, Superannuation, Tax

Soft cap bias called out

$3 million discrimination

The government has been accused of showing bias against SMSFs in its proposal to implement a $3 million soft cap on superannuation members.

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ATO, Tax

ATO fixes work test irregularity

Work test

An anomaly that arose from the most recent amendment to the work test has been rectified after the release of a new legislative instrument by the ATO.

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Investments

OpenInvest adds five new portfolios

OpenInvest

OpenInvest has forged a new funds management relationship offering consumers access to a suite of five varied investment portfolios.

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ASIC, Auditing

ASIC sanctions more SMSF auditors

SMSF auditors

ASIC has taken enforcement action against 11 registered SMSF auditors, including the disqualification of seven practitioners.

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ATO

Two key SMSF actions highlighted

SMSF trustees

SMSF trustees have been reminded to check if they have any unclaimed super and if the ATO has their most recent fund bank account details.

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Strategy

ATO rules out strategy wording

ATO investment strategy wording

While demand for specific SMSF investment strategy wording from the ATO is high, trustees will not be receiving this type of regulatory assistance.

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Financial Advice, Superannuation

Peak body rejects super objective

IFPA superannuation objective

IFPA has refused to support the objective of super currently proposed by the government in its consultation paper on the subject.

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Contributions, Pensions

Blocking indexation a brave move

Preventing the indexation of the general TBC would be considered a very bold government initiative and contrary to the intent of the original policy.

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Pensions, Superannuation, Tax

Soft cap has pension strategy impact

Pension strategies dealing with a member’s death could be impacted by the proposed additional tax on super balances above $3 million.

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Australian Shares

Franking credit policy wide of the mark

The government policy to prevent company share buybacks from including franked dividends will not impact the parties Treasury has targeted.

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