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SMSF ASSOCIATION News & Analysis

SMSFs dodge worst of pandemic downturn: Charts of the Week
Markets
SMSFs dodge worst of pandemic downturn: Charts of the Week
But many funds are cash heavy and paying high costs.
Lewis Jackson | 28 February 2022
Too big to hide: Australia’s largest SMSFs spark debate
Retirement
Too big to hide: Australia’s largest SMSFs spark debate
A small number of self-managed 'mega-funds' are causing a stir, writes Anthony Fensom.
Anthony Fensom | 27 September 2021
10 end of financial year tips for your SMSF
Retirement
10 end of financial year tips for your SMSF
Life in 2020 might have been anything but normal, but tax remains an immutable certainty.
Anthony Fensom | 09 June 2020
Rental relief and SMSFs
Retirement
Rental relief and SMSFs
How can trustees join the 'Team Australia' effort without breaching their legal obligations?
Anthony Fensom | 11 May 2020
SMSF peak body sounds diversification alarm as pandemic bites
Retirement
SMSF peak body sounds diversification alarm as pandemic bites
Coronavirus will deliver a painful lesson on diversification, even as the tax office softens the blow of collapsing share prices and small business...
Glenn Freeman | 07 May 2020
ATO gets tougher on SMSFs
Retirement
ATO gets tougher on SMSFs
Send your SMSF reports on time or face the consequences, the tax office has warned.
Anthony Fensom | 06 March 2020
Is your SMSF strategy legal?
Retirement
Is your SMSF strategy legal?
You must explain how your fund's assets meet your investment return and income needs, the tax office says.
Glenn Freeman | 28 February 2020
Brace for super cap increase, SMSF trustees warned
Retirement
Brace for super cap increase, SMSF trustees warned
Retirees are being urged to talk to their accountant  ahead of a mooted increase in the $1.6 million super balance cap.
Glenn Freeman | 29 January 2020
There’s more to running an SMSF than paperwork and penalties
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There’s more to running an SMSF than paperwork and penalties
Complexity has long been a bugbear of SMSF trustees, for whom the administrative burden is a necessary evil, but changes are afoot to help reduce the...
Glenn Freeman | 03 November 2019
SMSF trustees face new legal threat
Retirement
SMSF trustees face new legal threat
The life insurance of self-managed super fund trustees who have opened APRA-regulated super funds to access this protection could be under threat,...
Emma Rapaport | 12 June 2019