Legal documents to establish SMSF, change trustee of SMSF

• Only use the pack to set up an SMSF with a corporate trustee.
• The trust deed establishes an account based fund (an accumulation fund, which is the usual type of smsf), into which you personally, or your employer, can make contributions. You can rollover (transfer-in) money from other superannuation funds. You can't get the money out until an event as permitted by law. You and up to three others can be members of the fund.
• The trust deed links up with the corporate constitution also included.
• All documents have been carefully and professionally drafted to accord with the latest superannuation law and to provide maximum flexibility and robustness in the face of all possible eventualities and changes in the law. You will be purchasing this directly from the person who drafted it, providing you with security and assurance.
• The detailed step-by-step guide (opens in new window) and document templates should minimise any pitfalls.
• You will need to lodge the documents yourself.

• smsf corp trust deed
• smsf company constitution, consents, resolutions
• detailed instructions for all government, fund and company forms
• sample investment strategy corp 1-30
• full product disclosure statement corp
• member application documents and acceptances
• registers: members of company, members of fund
• establishment costs election (to deal with set-up costs)
• certificates of compliance: for employers and for transfer/rollover
• binding death benefit nomination and expression of wishes
• rollover request form
• pension request forms: transition to retirement, after age 65, retirement
• resolutions: (bank account, stockbrokers, rollover)
• Excel spreadsheets producing financial statements and tax details from your data
• detailed step-by-step guide (opens in new window) giving the sequence to follow, and how to complete each form and complete each step
• All documents are in rtf format (easily amended, saved and printed, or converted to a different format), except the step-by-step guide which is in pdf
• after sales support: see description

Establishment fees
Apart from incidental costs like stationery, printer consumables and photocopying, the only additional fee is paid to the ASIC on registering the corporate trustee. From 1 July 2024 the fee is $597.
Although the establishment fees cannot be deducted within the fund for tax purposes, they can either be repaid to you by the fund once it is established, or treated as a contribution to the fund. Details and an option form are in the set-up pack.
Annual costs
ASIC annual review fee - from 1 July 2024 this is $65
Optional financial adviser's and accountant's fees - varies
Obligatory auditor's fee - varies
ATO supervisory levy - from 1 July 2024 new funds pay $518 to file the first annual return, and $259 per annum after that
These can all be deducted within the fund for tax purposes.

• Only use the pack to set up an SMSF with individual trustees.
• The trust deed establishes an account based fund (an accumulation fund, which is the usual type of smsf), into which you personally, or your employer, can make contributions. You can rollover (transfer-in) money from other superannuation funds. You can't get the money out until an event as permitted by law. You and up to three others can be members.
• All documents have been carefully and professionally drafted to accord with the latest superannuation law and to provide maximum flexibility and robustness in the face of all possible eventualities and changes in the law. You will be purchasing this directly from the person who drafted it, providing you with security and assurance.
• The detailed step-by-step guide (opens in new window) and document templates should minimise any pitfalls.

• smsf trust deed for individual trustees
• detailed instructions for all government and fund forms
• consent to be trustee form
• sample investment strategy indiv 1-30
• full product disclosure statement indiv
• member application documents and acceptances
• register of members of fund
• establishment costs election (to deal with set up costs)
• certificates of compliance: for employers and for transfer/rollover
• rollover request form
• trustees minutes: (bank account, stockbrokers, rollover)
• binding death benefit nomination and expression of wishes
• Excel spreadsheets producing financial statements and tax details from your data
• pension request forms: transition to retirement, after age 65, retirement
• detailed step-by-step guide (opens in new window) giving the sequence to follow, and how to complete each form and complete each step
• All documents are in rtf format (easily amended, saved and printed, or converted to a different format), except the step-by-step guide which is in pdf
• after sales support: see description

Establishment fees
There are no other costs of establishing the fund, but you might incur incidental costs like stationery, printer consumables and photocopying.
Although the cost of the setup pack cannot be deducted within the fund for tax purposes, it can either be repaid to you by the fund once it is established, or treated as a contribution to the fund. Details and an option form are in the set-up pack.
Annual costs
Optional financial adviser's and accountant's fees - varies
Obligatory auditor's fee - varies
ATO supervisory levy - from 1 July 2024 new funds pay $518 to file the first annual return, and $259 per annum after that
These can all be deducted within the fund for tax purposes.

• Only use this pack if you already have an Australian SMSF with individual trustees.
• This pack is for funds which wish to change from individual trustees to a corporate trustee.
• The reason why the fund might wish to do this is to make it easier to make a property investment, or to make it easier to deal with member changes, including the death of a member or a reduced ability of a member to manage their own affairs.
• Note that following the change of trustee, all assets of the fund must be transferred to the new corporate trustee.

• trustees decision to amend deed and change trustee
• deed of amendment, resignation and appointment
• up to date smsf corp trust deed (replaces existing deed)
• smsf company constitution
• detailed instructions for all government, fund and company forms
• sample investment strategy corp 1-30
• addendum to investment strategy corp 1-35
• resolutions: (investment strategy, bank account, stockbrokers, rollover)
• registers: members of company, members of fund
• membership applications (for new members only)
• full product disclosure statement corp
• certificates of compliance: for employers and for transfer/rollover
• binding death benefit nomination and expression of wishes
• Excel spreadsheets producing financial statements and tax details from your data
• pension request forms: transition to retirement, after age 65, retirement
• detailed step-by-step guide (opens in new window) giving the sequence to follow, and how to complete each form and complete each step
• All documents are in rtf format (easily amended, saved and printed, or converted to a different format), except the step-by-step guide which is in pdf
• after sales support: see description

Fees
Apart from incidental costs like stationery, printer consumables and photocopying, the only additional fee is paid to the ASIC on registering the corporate trustee. From 1 July 2024 the fee is $597.
This cannot be deducted within the fund for tax purposes.
There may also be costs incurred in transferring the assets of the fund to new trustee.
Annual costs
ASIC annual review fee - from 1 July 2024 this is $65