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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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Weekly context for the person running the fund.
Super Informed keeps the weekly email tight: what changed, why it matters, and what trustees may need to check next.
Rule changes explained
Primary-source research, translated for trustees.
ATO, Treasury, ASIC, legislation, and regulator material are reviewed first, then explained without professional jargon.
Practical next steps
Clear context before your next adviser conversation.
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.
What trustee-friendly writing looks like.
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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What Changes for SMSFs on 1 July 2026: New Caps, Payday Super, Division 296 and More
Every key SMSF threshold, rule and deadline changing 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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SMSF Valuations at 30 June 2026: Why They Now Carry Permanent Consequences
Your 30 June 2026 asset values now support the SMSF audit, Division 296 reporting, and the one-off cost base reset election. Here is what trustees should have on file before year end.
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CSLR SMSF Levy: The $154M Compensation Problem Facing Australian Trustees
Treasury is consulting on whether SMSF trustees should help fund a compensation scheme under serious financial pressure. Most trustees have never heard of it.
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ASIC Reviewed 100 SMSF Advice Files. 62 Failed. What That Means for Your Next Audit
ASIC reviewed how SMSFs are being set up. The weaknesses it found don't stay with the adviser. They follow the fund.
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SMSF Budget 2026: CGT, Negative Gearing and Trusts
The 2026-27 federal budget proposed major CGT, negative gearing and discretionary trust reforms. All three exclude SMSFs. For trustees holding growth assets, the relative position of super just shifted.
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CGT Discount Changes in the 2026 Budget: What SMSF Trustees Need to Know
The 2026 federal budget is widely expected to replace the 50% CGT discount for individuals with inflation indexation. For SMSF trustees, the change raises a question almost nobody is asking: does the tax advantage of holding growth assets inside super get bigger or smaller?
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Written, checked, and kept independent.
Super Informed is written from Adelaide for Australian trustees who want to understand SMSF rules before they act.
Founder & Editor
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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Super Informed is not written on behalf of a bank, super fund, adviser, accountant, product issuer, or regulator.
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