With Parliament now having risen for the Christmas/New Year break, there remains a whole raft of Bills that are yet to pass both houses that play a significant role across superannuation and SMSF reforms. The table below outlines a range of announcements and measures that remain unresolved at the end of 2018. Matter Status…
In my previous article on dealing with the transfer balance account reporting (TBAR) requirements in respect to a reversionary pension, I thought it appropriate to explore this topic further in particular where the value of the income stream now exceeds the general transfer balance cap (TBC) of the surviving member. Whilst the beneficiary has a…
As we’ve moved through a phase of implementation with the superannuation reforms from 1 July 2017, a range of relatively small, but important issues have been flagged with Government regarding the treatment of Market Linked Pensions, and death benefit rollovers. Market Linked Pension commutations For Market Linked Pensions, any pre-existing income stream was initially…
One of the distinctive differences under the transfer balance cap rules with reversionary and non-reversionary is the timing of transfer balance account reporting (TBAR) of the income stream. For any new pension that commences where the pension does not automatically continue to the reversionary beneficiary, the benefit is required to be ‘cashed’ as soon as…
#TBARmaggedon has arrived… The first regular reporting date for transfer balance account (TBA) purposes occurs on 28 October 2018 for fund’s that need to report quarterly. This due date will require the fund to report ‘events’ from both: the 2017-18 financial year; and first quarter of 2018-19 financial year (July – September 2018). For SMSFs, transfer…
