SMSFs have an obligation to lodge a transfer balance account report (TBAR) to report the debit that arises in the member's transfer balance account if they commute a retirement phase income stream before rolling over the assets.
If you do not and the member rolls their super benefit into an APRA-regulated fund and starts an income stream there – and the SMSF does not report this to us in a TBAR when it happens – a double-counting of the member’s income streams will occur. This is because there will be a mismatch in timing of the reporting done by the APRA-regulated fund and the SMSF.
This is likely to mean:
- we will not be able to correctly calculate the member's personal transfer balance cap
- we will issue the member with an excess transfer balance determination
The value of the debit you need to report to us on the TBAR is the value of the retirement phase income stream when it is commuted. If the SMSF member rolls over both retirement phase and accumulation phase assets, the value of the debit will be less than the total amount rolled over.
The event type you need to report on the TBAR will be member commutation. If the member's pension account is being commuted in full the account should be reported as closed.
See also
- Event-based reporting for SMSFs
- What and when to report
- TR 2010/1 Income tax: superannuation contributions
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