ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services license (AFSL) of a Perth-based advice firm Ballast Financial Management.

There are early signs of SMSFs planning around the anticipation of the Division 296 tax, industry specialists have said.

If an SMSF fails to acquire an exemption to the new Victorian commercial and industrial property tax, the impacts could be ...

As many SMSFs are looking at reducing their balances to mitigate the effects of Division 296, others are considering ...

She added that AI is also useful in the audit process for tasks such as researching property value trends or rates for ...

There are a number of themes emerging in 2025 that SMSF trustees need to be aware of, a specialist adviser has said.

There are some contributions an SMSF cannot make as in-specie contributions. Keeghan Silcock, senior associate with Cooper ...

Much of the debate surrounding the proposed Division 296 tax has focused on the headline threshold: individuals with more ...

ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from a Perth-based company auditor who failed to adequately conduct ...

Helping clients navigate the Division 296 tax will involve putting strategic building blocks in place, a leading adviser has said. Aaron Dunn, chief executive of Smarter SMSF, has said in the most ...

Although the proposed Division 296 is a tax issue, SMSF auditors have to be diligent so they don’t get caught up in market valuation issues, an audit specialist has said.