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When is it not required to lodge SMSF annual return?

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  Once established legally all  SMSFs   are required to lodge annual return except in the first year of the  SMSF   registration if there are no assets in the fund, there is no requirement to lodge the tax return. Trustees can either request tax office for return not necessary or cancel fund’s registration. What are the requirements for the SMSFs for the approval of return not necessary? To be a trust structure  SMSF  is only establish once it has assets set aside for fund member benefits. If there are no assets in the fund in first year trustees can: 1. Write to the tax office and request funds registration to be cancelled 2. Request tax office to approve return not necessary by satisfying the conditions below: – In its first year of setup fund has no assets and did not receive any contribution or rollover for any fund member – Submit supporting document with the RNN request showing first date fund held assets and started operating. Example being...

SMSF Tax Return and Why you should lodge it on time?

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  SMSF Tax Return SMSF Tax Return  (NAT 71226) covers reporting of superannuation income, deductions, tax outcome, member contributions and payment of super levy to tax office. It is more than an income tax return and has eleven sections. All  SMSFs must lodge tax return  every year irrespective of income or if it is in 100% pension phase. It can be lodged through software or paper form. To help to complete you superannuation annual return you can use Self Managed Superannuation fund annual return instructions (NAT 71606). Why you should lodge SMSF tax return on time? 1.    To avoid penalties  –  Setting up an SMSF  gives more control, flexibility to invest and investment decisions. At the same time Superannuation laws provides responsibility to trustee to follow the super industry rules and one of the them is the reporting requirements. Trustees need to lodge superannuation or  SMSF Tax Return  every year on time and provide activi...