The Code of Conduct outlines the guiding principles for everything we do in our work as tax practitioners. Falling short of the code of conduct can mean a cancellation of our registration and hence loss of our livelihood with everything that this entails. So knowing a thing or two about the Code of Conduct is vital.

In April 2018 the Australian Productivity Commission published their draft report "Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness". The report mainly focused on APRA funds but also touched on SMSF performance. And these comments about SMSF performance caused an outcry in the SMSF industry.

What is legally valid when signed electronically? Christine Ecob and Georgina Xiradis of JWS will walk you through the legal framework.

The rules around property depreciation are confusing at the best of times. Bradley Beer of BMT will walk you through the ifs and whens of property depreciation.

Miranda Brownlee writes for SMSF Adviser and covers over 20 stories a week, all about SMSF. We asked Miranda what happened in May. Here is what we learned.

How does one register as a tax practitioner? Here is Ian Taylor, the Chair of the TPB to walk you through the process.

Property depreciation can save our clients a lot of money. But the rules around property depreciation are confusing at the best of times. So, we asked BMT Tax Depreciation to help us out. BMT prepares around 70,000 property depreciation schedules a year. So, you would think that they know a thing or two about property depreciation. Here is what we learned from them.

SMSF Adviser May 2018 Update is a quick walk through the top trending updates in May 2018. Miranda Brownlee writes for SMSF Adviser and covers over 20 stories a week, all about SMSF. We asked Miranda what happened in May. Here is what we learned.

The story of McLowd starts like many other successful start-ups. McLowd was born out of an attempt to "scratch its own itch". Ashley Porter was there.

If you have SMSFs as clients, you probably have done some event-based reporting over the last few weeks, where you reported the transfer balances as of 30 June 2018. How did you go? We found it much easier than we had expected.