Articles by Darin Tyson-Chan

Compliance & Regulation, Superannuation

Trustees largely overlook new duty

financial interest duty

Trustees seem to have been slow in adopting measures to document how they are considering complying with the best financial interest duty.

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ATO

Super Fund Lookup revised

Super Fund Lookup ATO

A new procedure is now being applied to newly established SMSFs and how the ATO reflects their status on the Super Fund Lookup website.

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Superannuation

Cashless rollovers SuperStream exempt

SuperStream rollovers

Unlike cash superannuation rollovers, those involving in specie asset transfers do not have to be executed via the SuperStream system for SMSFs.

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Investments

Market correction preparation needed

SMSF market correction

SMSF investors have been advised to revisit their equities holdings in anticipation of a market correction forecast to occur in the short term.

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NALI/NALE

Pro bono work not automatically NALE

pro bono services NALE

The provision of pro bono services to an SMSF is not automatically outlawed by the NALE rules as defined by the ATO in LCG 2012/2.

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International Shares

Indirect China risk requires perspective

china risk

The indirect China risk of a particular shareholding must be assessed in a specific fashion and should not lead investors to ignore the strengths of a particular company’s fundamentals.

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ATO

SMSF COVID relief being considered

financial relief COVID-19

The ATO is looking to implement relief measures for SMSFs suffering financial hardship in the current round of COVID-19 lockdowns.

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NALI/NALE

NALE fee approach defined

NALE service fee

Trustees have been provided with guidance as to what might constitute an appropriate service fee that will satisfy the non-arm’s-length expenditure rules.

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International Shares

Global dividends to bounce back

Global dividends

Global dividends are set to return to levels experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic affected world equity markets.

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Business news, Superannuation

Discount availability key to NALE

NALE discounts

The NALE rules will only apply to SMSF administration service discounts applied exclusively.

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