Miranda Brownlee

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Miranda Brownlee is the deputy editor of SMSF Adviser, which is the leading source of news, strategy and educational content for professionals working in the SMSF sector.

Since joining the team in 2014, Miranda has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest superannuation stories in Australia, and has reported extensively on technical strategy and legislative updates.
Miranda also has broad business and financial services reporting experience, having written for titles including Investor Daily, ifa and Accountants Daily.

You can email Miranda on: miranda.brownlee@momentummedia.com.au

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Critical disclosures flagged for US expat clients

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Critical disclosures flagged for US expat clients

24 August 2017 • Hits: 7261

SMSF practitioners with US expat clients have been warned on some of the penalties and risks that can arise where client ... READ MORE

Transfer balance cap confusion posing risks for practitioners

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Transfer balance cap confusion posing risks for practitioners

23 August 2017 • Hits: 6859

Confusion around certain aspects of the transfer balance cap could be leading some practitioners to provide advice to cl ... READ MORE

Warning

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TBAR reporting tipped to expose illegal advice

23 August 2017 • Hits: 5670

Accountants have been warned that transfer balance account reporting (TBAR) could be used by ASIC as another way of iden ... READ MORE

Caution

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SMSFs cautioned on ECPI trap with excess amounts

22 August 2017 • Hits: 5775

An ATO interpretation could mean that SMSFs who fail to commute excess transfer balance accounts within the required tim ... READ MORE

Challenge, fight

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Lawyer challenges ATO view on two fund strategies

21 August 2017 • Hits: 7076

An industry lawyer has disputed the ATO view that setting up two SMSFs is a Part IVA risk by highlighting the importance ... READ MORE

Caution

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Risks flagged with real estate appraisal values

21 August 2017 • Hits: 7012

While the ATO will typically accept property appraisals performed by real estate agencies, where the value is close to t ... READ MORE

Error 404

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Data feeds unreliable for new reporting, says mid-tier

18 August 2017 • Hits: 5627

With an estimated 20 per cent of SMSFs still encountering errors from data feeds, one mid-tier firm believes the ATO sho ... READ MORE

Confused

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Tax component confusion spurs potential tax liabilities

18 August 2017 • Hits: 5809

A lack of understanding around taxable and non-taxable components in super funds could be exposing SMSF clients to unnec ... READ MORE

Industry questions ATO’s capacity for new reporting

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Industry questions ATO’s capacity for new reporting

17 August 2017 • Hits: 5461

With events-based reporting set to generate huge amounts of data, concerns have been raised about whether the ATO’s sy ... READ MORE

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