First Annual Melbourne SMSF Audit Conference

This year’s conference focuses on both the auditor’s role and the difficult technical issues facing auditors, as well as updates on audit technology and the recent Federal Budget announcements on audit cycles. It also provides a detailed look at managing audit risk post super reforms, with emphasis on valuation headaches and auditing death benefit payments and pensions.

Technical Issues

• Keynote: The Death Knell for Annual Independent SMSF Audits? Unpacking the 2018 Federal Budget Proposals
• Managing Audit Risk Post Super Reforms
• Red Flags in Auditing Tax Liability Compliance - The Essentials of the Financial Audit
• Focus on Death of Member and Death Benefits - Audit Risk When Auditing Death Benefit Payments and Pensions

SMSF Audit Practice

• SMSF Audit Documentation - Supporting Audit Findings and Protecting Your Back
• Preparing for an Automated Platform - Electronic Data Feeds and Testing Reliability in SMSF Audits
• The SMSF Auditor Role in Reviewing Valuation Compliance: The Headaches Continue

SMSFs and Property Development

• Lessons from the Court: Overview of Recent Cases Affecting SMSF Auditors
• Auditor Scrutiny of SMSFs Involved in Property Development

SMSF Audit Q A and Emerging Issues

• The Trust Deed, the Auditor and the SMSF Life Cycle
• Speculative Investment Strategies - Auditing SMSFs Investing in Cryptocurrencies