ATO regulation of SMSFs (ATO - Australian Taxation Office)

(Source: ATO - Australian Taxation Office) Kasey Macfarlane, Assistant Commissioner, SMSF Segment, Superannuation, ATO Address to the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand SMSF Conference RACV Royal Pines, Gold Coast, 14 September Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference. We always welcome the opportunity to engage and listen to stakeholders in the SMSF sector. The ATO appreciates and relies on the support of professional associations and organisations such as CAANZ to help us to maintain integrity within the SMSF sector, ensuring that it achieves its sole purpose to build and safeguard retirement incomes. One of the key ways that the ATO, as regulator of...