Our Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) article library for retail investors and financial planners.

Written by Tony Negline, one of Australia's foremost experts on Self Managed Super Funds (SMFS's)

List of previous articles
Title	Date
New Super Contribution Rules	30th April 2008
Withdraw and Re-Contribution Strategy	23rd April 2008
Runnning a pension in a SMSF	16th April 2008
Instalment Warrants & SMSFs	2nd April 2008
How taxable and tax-free components are worked out	26th March 2008
Practical SMSF Investment Strategy Issues	19th March 2008
SMSFs and Investment Strategies	13th March 2008
SMSF Review	27th February 2008
SMSFs and CFDs	20th February 2008
How super funds are made non-complying	13th February 2008
ATO Research Questions	6th February 2008
Anti-detriment rules for death benefits	12th December 2007
Instalment Warrants & SMSFs	5th December 2007
Who is a super fund 'dependent'?	28th November 2007
Better Super and Withdrawing & Re-contributing	21st November 2007
Review of two SMSF property investment structures	14th November 2007
Important SMSF Court case	7th November 2007
Tricky Personal Super Tax Deduction Rule Changes	31st October 2007
How do SMSF's value assets which have gone bad?	24th October 2007
How should SMSF trustees invest their money?	3rd October 2007
Moving Allocated Pensions into Account-based Pensions	26th September 2007
Draft ATO Ruling on Sole Purpose Test	19th September 2007
Keeping Your Fund Costs to A Minimum	12th September 2007
Why do people set up Self Managed Super Funds?	5th September 2007
The New Super Contribution & Preservation Rules	22nd August 2007
The New Super Lingo	8th August 2007
Employment Termination Benefits	1st August 2007
How Competent is Your SMSF Trustee	25th July 2007
ANAO Report on ATO SMSF Supervision	11th July 2007
Instalment Warrants & SMSFs	4th July 2007
SMSFs and Taxi Licenses	27th June 2007
The Pros & Cons of Using Mum & Dad's Super	21st June 2007
Reviewing New Property Product	13th June 2007
A good quality SMSF trust deed	6th June 2007
SMSF Trust Deed Suppliers	30th May 2007
Residency Status of SMSFs	23rd May 2007
Tax Goodies from the Budget	12th May 2007
The new contribution rules	8th May 2007
Aged Care and Superannuation	2nd May 2007
Derivatives and SMSFs	25th April 2007
A Young Man's Guide to Super	18th April 2007
The $1m contribution limit	11th April 2007
Some In-specie contribution rule issues	3rd April 2007
Super & Death Benefits	26th March 2007
ATO Supervision of SMSFs	21st March 2007
Better Super's Asset Test Treatment	7th March 2007
ALP gives Better Super the thumbs up	28th February 2007
$1 million small business super contributions	21st February 2007
Strategies for making $1 million super contributions	14th February 2007
Family Trusts vs SMSFs	10th February 2007
How to avoid falling foul of the ATO	13th December 2006
Changes to Super and Divorce Rules	6th December 2006
APRA's Circular Bomb-shell	29th November 2006
Interesting large super contribution strategy	15th November 2006
New Super Bankruptcy Rules	8th November 2006
Big Tax Deductions Under "Better Super"	1st November 2006
Revamped Super Contribution Rules	25th October 2006
Stone hearted large fund trustees	18th October 2006
Weird Investments	11th October 2006
Will Retirees Be Allowed A Personal Super Tax Deduction	4th October 2006
Small Business CGT Exemptions - Part 3	27th September 2006
Small Business CGT Exemptions - Part 2	20th September 2006
How Some Super Rules Will Work Under	13th September 2006
Small Business CGT Exemptions - Part 1	30th August 2006
Resort Properties in SMSFs	23rd August 2006
Rules for Buying Property Properly	16th August 2006
Transition to Retirement	9th August 2006
The Aged Care System	2nd August 2006
Facts Shed Light on Better Super	26th July 2006
Watch the detail in trust deeds	5th July 2006
Making Large Undeducted Contributions	28th June 2006
New rules not so simple	21st June 2006
Plans to sidestep Better Super problems	14th June 2006
SMSFs and Derivatives	7th June 2006
Better Super Short Comings	31st May 2006
Some Ideas About Better Super	24th May 2006
Using the Family Tax Benefit	13th May 2006
Contribution Splitting	19th April 2006
Personal Super Contributions	5th April 2006
SMSF valuation issues for Westpoint investors	22nd March 2006
How ATO supervises SMSFs	15th March 2006
SMSFs and Non-Resident Members	8th March 2006
Moving from one pension to another one	1st March 2006
Interdependency Relationship	22nd February 2006
Undeducted Contributions & RBL Assessments	15th February 2006
What benefits from tax reform?	8th February 2006
Timing of withdraw and re-contribution strategies	7th December 2005
Very important estate planning court case	30th November 2005
The new Allocated Pension Pension Valuation Factors	16th November 2005
RBL System Explained	9th November 2005
Splitting Contributions Between Spouses	2nd November 2005
SMSFs & Actuarial Certificates	26th October 2005
Defined benefit pension changes	19th October 2005
Retiree plans - big changes	12th October 2005
Claiming fund expenses as tax deduction	5th October 2005
Mixing holidays and superannuation	28th September 2005
Death benefits and pensions	21st September 2005
Death benefits paid a pensions	14th September 2005
Life insurance and SMSFs	7th September 2005
What records must be kept?	31st August 2005
The Importance of a Long Service Period	24th August 2005
SMSFs and Small APRA Funds	17th August 2005
Case Study on investing in property	10th August 2005
How to deal with CGT	3rd August 2005
How is CGT worked out?	27th July 2005
Transition to Retirement	21st July 2005
SMSFs owning shares in private companies	13th July 2005
Joint Ventures with SMSFs	6th July 2005
SMSFs Investing in Small Businesses	29th June 2005
Defined benefit pensions in SMSFs	22nd June 2005
Owning Property in a SMSF	15th June 2005
Transferring Overseas Super to SMSF	8th June 2005
SMSF Recordkeeping Requirements	1st June 2005
Wording of SMSF trust deed	25th May 2005
2005 Federal Budget Commentary	18th May 2005
How to use your super fund's assets	4th May 2005
SMSFs and Unit Trusts	3rd May 2005
Super Funds - Retiring After 55 and Before 65	20th April 2005
SMSF Audits	13th April 2005
Avoiding the super sucharge	6th April 2005
Salary Sacrifice Contributions vs Government Co-Contribution	23rd March 2005
Franking Credits and Super Funds	9th March 2005
Salary Sacrifice Contributions	16th February 2005
Super Contribution Rules	9th February 2005
Avalanche of Super Choice of Adverts on the Way	2nd February 2005
2nd five steps to starting a pension	15th December 2004
1st five steps to starting a pension	8th December 2004
SMSFs and life insurance	1st December 2004
Super Funds and Divorce	24th November 2004
Super Funds and Contracts for Difference	17th November 2004
Why Super Funds Can't Borrow	10th November 2004
Margin lending vs Super	3rd November 2004
Buy-back of Shares	27th October 2004
Accessing Super Before Retirement	20th October 2004
Segregation of SMSF Assets for Tax Purposes	13th October 2004
Why SMSFs are popular under Choice of Super Fund	6th October 2004
Stretching Your Pension on Death	29th September 2004
How to run a pension in a SMSF	22nd September 2004
How co-contrbutions can add to your retirement nest egg	15th September 2004
SMSF expenses paid by another entity	8th September 2004
Why do the super rules change so often?	1st September 2004
Update of Defined Benefit Pension Changes	25th August 2004
Withdraw & Re-contribution Strategy Given All Clear	18th August 2004
Is the Self Managed Super Fund name suitable?	11th August 2004
Types of SMSF Death Benefits	3rd August 2004
Taxman Spells it Out in Black & White	28th July 2004
New Life Expectancy Table	21st July 2004
New ATO document a very good read	14th July 2004
Death & Super Fund Taxes	7th July 2004
Employee Super Choice	30th June 2004
Nominating Beneficiaries for Death Benefits	23rd June 2004
Withdraw and Re-Contribution Strategy	16th June 2004
Do SMSFs have to issue a Product Disclosure Statement?	9th June 2004
SMSFs and Promissory Notes	2nd June 2004
ATO review SMSF withdraw and re-contribution strategy	26th May 2004
SMSF Defined Benefit Changes	19th May 2004
SMSF Trustee Responsibilities	12th May 2004
SMSFs and the external audit	28th April 2004
Access to Super At Age 65	27th April 2004
SMSFs must exist for definite purpose	21st April 2004
SMSFs Dabbling in Artwork	14th April 2004
Why do people set up Self Managed Super Funds?	7th April 2004
Why some SMSF trust deeds shouldn't be trusted	31st March 2004
Membership Rules	24th March 2004
Investment Strategies	17th March 2004

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