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SMSF 2026 Compliance Season Readiness

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 Get ahead of the 2025–26 SMSF Annual Return season with practical guidance on regulatory updates, compliance risks and best-practice preparation 

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 This training is recommended for all practitioners working with SMSFs. 

A Live Instructor Led 2-Part Web Series

This 2-part webinar series will delve into the latest regulatory updates, compliance strategies, and best practices to equip you for the 2025-26 SMSF Annual Return compliance and tax season.

We will take stock of rule changes for SMSFs that apply to the 2025-26 financial and what implications they may have on how you prepare the annual financial statements and SMSF Annual Return. We’ll also discuss what we believe to be the ATO’s compliance risk areas of concern and focus.

A technical and practical series to help you with preparing the 2026 annual financial statements and SMSF Annual Return.

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AU $290 + GST per person

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AU $870 + GST

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Total 2.5 CPD Hours (est.)

Dates & Details

Wednesdays, 19 & 26 August 2026

Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm AEST

*Office Registrations. Maximum 10 participants per firm (must have same email domain). The PD points for all attendees will be recognised and links will be provided to all attendees.

What we cover

 On completion, participants will be able to:
 
  • Identify changes to the SMSF rules affecting the 2025-26 income year.
  • Prepare clear, complete annual financial statements for the 2025–26 year that support the SMSF Annual Return.
  • Confidently compile and complete the 2025–26 SMSF Annual Return with reconciled supporting records.
  • Apply practical reconciliation and review checks to reduce errors and ensure consistency between accounts and the return.

What's included?

  • 2 x 2 hour (est.) webinars
  • 3 month access to webinar recording
  • Webinar materials

Our presenters

Senior SMSF Educator, Accurium

Anthony Cullen

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Anthony is a new member of the Accurium education team and comes to us with nearly 25 years of experience in the accounting and SMSF industry. 

He has previously held senior roles managing the SMSF division of a small accounting practice and providing SMSF technical support within a large SMSF administration business. 

Over the years, Anthony’s roles have evolved from the accounting function of SMSFs to keeping on top of the ever changing technical and compliance nature of this specialised area.

Technical Superannuation Adviser, Knowledge Shop

Jason Hurst

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Jason is an experienced commentator, presenter and writer on superannuation and retirement. He specialises in breaking down complex technical concepts for professional advisors and their clients.

He has over 20 years’ experience in the wealth and retirement sectors, working with accountants and advisers to build their technical skills in superannuation, retirement, Insurance, social security and age care, and enjoys helping to provide the tools to articulate these concepts in a simple and easy to follow way to clients.

Jason also works with the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) as a subject matter expert for the CFP Capstone certification and a technical student mentor to those undertaking the CFP courses.

He has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Newcastle, is a SMSF Specialist Advisor, and holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.

Head of Education (SMSF), Accurium

Mark Ellem

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Mark generally needs no introduction in the SMSF space, he is a popular, experienced and highly sought after presenter who is passionate about educating accountants and SMSF practitioners about SMSFs and strategies to make SMSFs a successful part of their business. Mark has extensive experience in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs), Pension Funds, Income Tax and Financial Advisory.

Terms & Conditions
Each education service purchase is for your use only and accessible through your individual account. Each live online education service will be provided with a unique session ID to join which cannot be disclosed, forwarded, or distributed to any other individual without Knowledge Shop Pty Ltd's written consent. No other individual will be authorised to access your education service unless that individual has purchased the education service and a unique session ID has been provided to that individual. In the event of unauthorised access due to the actions of the intended recipient, Knowledge Shop Pty Ltd may suspend or cancel the access for the intended recipient any additional individual(s) may be held liable for additional fees associated with the unauthorised access to an education service. Knowledge Shop Pty Ltd reserves the right to charge any unauthorised individual(s) who access your education service. In the unlikely situation that a live education service is cancelled we will refund you the full cost of your purchase. If a live service is postponed, we will provide written notification to you and reschedule the education service. Your original ticket will be valid for the rescheduled date. We will also provide the recording and associated materials if you are unable to attend the education service live at the new date/time. If you are unable to attend the education service live at the new date/time, you may request a refund of the moneys paid by contacting Knowledge Shop Pty Ltd directly, with all requests to be considered on a case by case basis by Knowledge Shop Pty Ltd in its absolute discretion.

The General Terms and Conditions can be accessed here.