Three-yearly SMSF audits ‘problematic’ – Auditors worried about reality of ‘cost savings’, self-assessment and the details

In the May Federal Budget, the government made a number of superannuation announcements, including that compulsory audit cycle for SMSFs would be extended from one to three years (another was to raise the SMSF membership limit from 4 to 6). Treasury has released a ‘discussion paper’, which says that allowing SMSFs, with a good history of…

Three year audit cycle for SMSFs with 3 years of clear audit reports and timely lodgement of returns – Treasury Discussion Paper (for 2018 Federal Budget announcement)

In its May 2018 Federal Budget, the Government announced that SMSFs could move to a 3 year audit cycle, if they were compliant and timely. The measure was to take effect from 1 July 2019. On Friday 6 July 2018, the Government released a Consultation Paper regarding this measure, seeking feedback by 31 August 2018. The Consultation…