CORPFIN 6001 - Self-Managed Super Distribution & Estate Planning
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016
The course information on this page is being finalised for 2016. Please check again before classes commence.
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code CORPFIN 6001 Course Self-Managed Super Distribution & Estate Planning Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact External: Up to 12 hours self-directed study per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Assumed Knowledge CORPFIN 7005 Assessment Assignment and exam Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Mrs Tania Turner
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
This course is designed to assist students:
- Identify who can be paid a benefit and in what circumstances
- Understand and apply the rules surrounding pensions
- Understand the type of pensions that can be paid
- Explain when super assets can be accessed to commence a pension
- Know the steps to commencing a pension and be able to implement them
- Gauge the impact of the changes announced in the Simpler Super regime
- Identify the key taxation issues for pensions
- Determine tax liability of SMSF
- Describe how income & gains on pension assets are exempt from tax
- Use reserves effectively
- Formulate an effective investment strategy for pension assets
- Evaluate the tax considerations using super for estate planning purposes
- Explain how the new rules impact these strategies going forward
- Be able to practically deal with winding up a SMSF
- Examine the detail to detemine extent of application of NSW Succession Act to SMSF trustees and compare to existing rules in various states
- Deal with super assets and super as a national estate asset
- Examine Binding Financial Agreements
University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
CCH Australian Superannuation Legislation - latest edition
CCH Australia Master Superannuation Guide - latest editionRecommended Resources
CCH Master Tax Guide -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Due to the intensive nature of this course it is a requirement that participants attend 100% of the scheduled seminars. Consideration will be given to medical and compassionate reasons for non attendance but supporting documentation will need to be presented with these requests. If 100% attendance is not met participants will be ineligible to sit for the exam. Participants in this course are generally also working full time therefore work commitments do not exempt students from this attendance requirement.
As with all intensive executive style programs students are expected to contribute to all discussions and be postively interactive. There is a strong assumption that students will engage in seminars discussions in an informed way.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Students are required to complete 1 assignment for this course between intensive 1 and intensive 2 as well as set aside time to study for the exam.
The University expects full-time students (ie those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 12 hours for a three-unit course of private study outside your regular classes.Learning Activities Summary
Day 1
Sole Purpose Test - determination of benefit entitlement
Commencing a pension - steps to be taken
Personal taxation issues
New pension definitions
Day 2
Review of taxation of SMSFs
Specific tax issues relating to pensions
Segregated vs un-segregated
Use of reserves in pension environment
Continuing pension liability problems
Investment Strategy concerns
Rules around the use of derivatives
Assignment
Day 3
Dealing with Superannuation assets in the context of the Family Court Decision
Binding Financial Agreements
NSW Succession Act
Superannuation as a notional estate asset
Day 4
Estate Planning - dealing with the new environment
Estate Planning - detailed analysis of who is a dependant and what are their entitlements
Winding up a SMSF - what you need to do
Exam reviewSpecific Course Requirements
To gain a pass for this course, a mark of at least 50% (complete) must be obtained on the examination as well as a total of at least 50% overall. Students not achieving the minimum exam mark will be awarded no more than 49. -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assignment - 50%
related learning outcomes 1 - 12
Final exam - 50%
related learning outcomes - all
The final exam is a 3 hour open book examAssessment Detail
Please refer to the Assessment summary provided for full details.
Students must complete ALL assessment componetns for this course.Submission
All assignments are to be submitted to the lecturer via the email provided on course outline.
Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted
Please attach an Assignment cover Sheet, which is signed and dated by you before submission.
Lecturers can refuse to accept assignments which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the Unviersity's policy on plagarism.
Late assignment submission
Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extension must be emailed to the course administrator before the due date. Each request will be assessed on it's merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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