Recording your member's tax file number (TFN)

When a member joins your fund, you should ask for their TFN and provide it to the ATO.

A member isn’t required by law to give their TFN, however if they don’t:

  • your fund can't accept member contributions for them, such as personal and eligible spouse contributions
  • your fund must pay additional tax on their mandated employer contributions
  • there may be administrative delays if the ATO can't identify the member from the other information you’ve provided
  • the member may not be able to receive super co-contributions.

Running a self-managed super fund (SMSF)

Steps Progress

What is an SMSF?

3 mins

Your obligations when running an SMSF

1 mins

Contributions and rollovers

1 mins

Contributions

6 mins

Rollovers

6 mins

Managing your fund’s investments

36 mins

Paying super benefits

8 mins

Types of benefits

18 mins

Reporting and administration

1 mins

Understand how your fund is taxed

5 mins

Value your fund’s assets and prepare financial statements

2 mins

Arrange and receive an SMSF audit

7 mins

Lodge your SMSF annual return (SAR)

4 mins

PAYG withholding obligations

4 mins

Reporting transfer balance cap events

3 mins

Record-keeping requirements

2 mins

Notify the ATO and ASIC of changes

2 mins

Consider professional advice

2 mins

Help and more information

3 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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