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High Court puts SMSF death benefit uncertainty to bed

The issue of whether Superannuation Industry Supervision Regulation 6.17A applies to self-managed superannuation has vexed experts and advisers.

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In the end, it was a no-brainer.

It took the High Court a little over six pages of reasoning to unanimously put to bed once and for all an issue that has plagued superannuation experts and financial advisers since 1999.

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Peter Townsend is principal of Townsend Business & Corporate Lawyers.

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