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The SMSF changes worth knowing each Thursday.
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The free weekly SMSF update for Australian trustees who want clear, practical explanations of rule changes, deadlines, and ATO guidance.
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Super Informed keeps the weekly email tight: what changed, why it matters, and what trustees may need to check next.
Rule changes explained
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ATO, Treasury, ASIC, legislation, and regulator material are reviewed first, then explained without professional jargon.
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Each issue helps you understand what to check, file, ask, monitor, or clarify for your own fund.
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Made for SMSF trustees
620,000+ Australians manage their own super fund. Almost nothing published for them is actually written for them.
Super Informed exists to fix that.
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What you usually get
"The non-arm's length income provisions may apply where the LRBA terms are not consistent with those which might reasonably be expected had the parties been dealing at arm's length."
What we write
If your SMSF borrows to buy a property from a related party, the loan terms need to match what a bank would offer a stranger. If they do not, the ATO can tax all rental income from that property at 45%.
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SMSF Minimum Balance: What the Industry Super Push Means for Trustees
Industry super funds are pushing for minimum balance safeguards on SMSFs. The cost concern is real, but a single dollar threshold does not tell the whole story.
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Who Can Audit an SMSF?
Audit season is underway. Here is who can legally audit an SMSF, why independence matters, what audits commonly cost, and how the process works before lodgement.
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Your 2025-26 SMSF Audit Checklist: What Auditors Check and How to Prepare
The 2025-26 SMSF audit now connects to Division 296 baseline values, LRBA transition records, ATO lodgement scrutiny and the usual audit evidence trustees need on file.
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SMSF Residential Property Borrowing Banned: What Trustees Need to Know
New SMSF LRBAs for residential property will close from 10 August 2026. Existing arrangements, refinancing of pre-commencement borrowings, and some pre-commencement acquisitions are carved out.
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Archived SMSF Timing Trap: Before 30 June or After 1 July 2026
More superannuation thresholds change on 1 July 2026 than in any recent year. For some EOFY decisions, the smarter move for SMSF trustees may be to wait.
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What Changed for SMSFs on 1 July 2026: New Caps, Payday Super, Division 296 and More
Every key SMSF threshold, rule and deadline that changed on 1 July 2026 in one reference: contribution caps, the transfer balance cap, Payday Super, Division 296 and two service closures.
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Super Informed is written from Adelaide for Australian trustees who want to understand SMSF rules before they act.
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Sam Corrie, Adelaide SA
The newsletter publishes weekly, every Thursday. Guides and tools are updated when rules, thresholds, deadlines, or ATO guidance change.
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