CORPFIN 6001EX - Self-Managed Super Distribution & Estate Planning
External - 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 6001EX Course Self-Managed Super Distribution & Estate Planning Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s External Units 3 Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y 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 .
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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
Text Books (s)
CCH Australian Superannuation Legislation latest Edition
CCH Australia Master Superannuation Guide latest Edition
Readings
Required and additional readings are provided to students.Recommended 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 from a working background 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 positively interactive. There is a strong assumption that students will engage in seminar discussions in an informed way.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
You will be required to complete 1 assignment for this course as well as set aside time to study for the exam.
The University expects full-time students (i.e. 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 of 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
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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
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.
Assignment - 50% - Learning Outcome 1 – 12
Final Exam - 50% - Learning Outcomes allAssessment Detail
No information currently available.
Submission
Presentation of Assignments
• Please must 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 University’s policy on plagiarism.
Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details
This guide will assist you structure your assignments. A copy of the guide can also be downloaded from:
This publication also provides guidelines on a range of other important communication skills including writing essays and management reports, making oral presentations etc.
In preparing any written piece of assessment for your postgraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used. Correct referencing is important because it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism. (Further information on plagiarism is provided later in this course outline.)
The Harvard system is widely used in the Business School. Guidelines for the use of this style of referencing can be found in the Communication Skills Guide.
Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.
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 extensions must be emailed to the lecturer in charge of the course before the due date. Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.
Return of Assignments
Lecturer’s aim to mark and return assignments to students within two (2) weeks of the due date with written feedback. Students are responsible for collecting their marked assignments as advised via email. If assignments aren’t collected after two (2) weeks, the assignments will be available at the Student Hub for two (2) weeks. The remaining assignments will only be posted out to the students, if the correct mailing addresses are on the assignments.
Please refer to the information and requirements for requests for extensions to assessment items contained in your course folders.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 .
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Student Feedback
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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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