ASF Articles
How to Avoid an SMSF Trust Deed Disaster
It's easy to underestimate the importance of an SMSF trust deed due the lengthy, legal and technical nature in which it is written. As a result, it can often be overlooked by SMSF advisers and auditors. But the super reforms have reinforced, yet again, that the trust...
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Navigating SMSF Market Valuations
Written by Shelley Banton, Executive General Manager, Technical Services, ASF Audits The current market valuation of all SMSF assets, especially property and unlisted companies, has a significant impact on a member’s $1.6 million transfer balance cap and $1.6...
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Why Technology Won’t Replace SMSF Auditors
Written by Shelley Banton, Executive General Manager, Technical Services, ASF Audits Many SMSF trustees and advisers could be forgiven for thinking that recent developments in technology mean that SMSF auditors no longer add any value to the audit process....
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Working with ASF Audits – a client’s perspective
Written by Sarah Penn February 2013 was the turning point for Perk's SMSF business when Kim Bigg (Perks Director in charge of SMSF) discovered ASF Audits at the 2013 SMSFA conference. Perks, founded in 1982 by Harry and Greg Perks, had grown into 130 people business,...
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