Aug 27, 2024
Despite the Federal Government claiming changes to superannuation will make the system ‘more sustainable and fairer’, closer examination of the draft legislation reveals the measures are actually inequitable and unsustainable in the long term. At a simple level, plans...
Aug 27, 2024
On the back of recent amendments to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act allowing a change in financial statement signatory requirements, questions are being asked about whether audit documentation should also be subject to those changes. Specifically, some...
Aug 27, 2024
An auditing expert has taken to the ‘young-people’s medium’ – TikTok – in a bid to educate the younger generation about the Federal Government’s planned changes to Australia’s superannuation system. Naz Randeria isn’t looking to become an influencer, but rather the...
Aug 27, 2024
It goes without saying that assets held by a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund need to be correctly valued and insured, but too many Trustees are not aware that failing to have an insurance policy over an asset held by the SMSF could cost them dearly in the case of an...
Jan 21, 2019
With the introduction of the transfer balance cap (currently $1.6 million in 2017/2018), superannuation funds are only able to claim income tax exemptions on assets that are supporting income streams in the retirement phase. Since 1 July 2017, there are now two types...
Nov 5, 2018
From 1 July 2017, a limit came into effect on the total amount a superannuation fund member can transfer into retirement phase across all of their superannuation funds. The limit is referred to as the ‘transfer balance cap’ (TBC) and is currently $1.6...
