Expert SMSF Administration for Accountants and Financial Advisers

SMSF Engine are SMSF accountants and tax specialists, providing expert administration services tailored for accountants and financial advisers.

We help you manage your clients’ SMSFs efficiently, so you can focus on providing high-value advice and growing your practice.

Your Back-Office SMSF Partner

We support accountants and financial advisers by managing the back-office compliance and administration requirements for their clients’ SMSFs.

By outsourcing administrative and compliance tasks to SMSF Engine, you can focus on delivering strategic, value-added services while maintaining full control of your client relationships.

We operate as an extension of your practice, providing consistent, high-quality SMSF support behind the scenes.

Who Needs Self-Managed Super Fund Accountants?

According to the latest ATO statistics, there are more than 619,000 self-managed superannuation funds in Australia, with over 1.1 million members and assets approaching $960 billion. On average, each member has more than $835,000 in assets. The median is $497,608.

Managing SMSF Compliance and Administration

Managing multiple SMSFs is complex and time-consuming for accountants and financial advisers. Each fund requires ongoing compliance, accurate reporting, and the ability to adapt to evolving regulations under the SIS Act, ATO, and ASIC guidelines.

Focus on Growing Your Practice

To deliver the high-value strategic advice your clients expect, you need time and focus, not distractions from day-to-day administration and taxation tasks.

Yet maintaining compliance and avoiding costly mistakes is critical to protecting both your clients and your reputation.

Why Partner with SMSF Engine

That’s where SMSF Engine can help.

We work exclusively with accountants, advisers, and boutique firms, providing expert SMSF administration support so you can stay focused on growing your practice and delivering exceptional service.

Whether you operate independently or as part of a small team, SMSF Engine acts as your back-office partner, ensuring your clients’ SMSFs are administered accurately, efficiently, and in full compliance with Australian regulations.

Why SMSF Expertise Matters for Accountants, Advisers, and Small Firms

Managing a self-managed super fund demands specialist skills. Setting up a fund, staying compliant, and avoiding penalties requires detailed knowledge of superannuation law.

If you offer SMSF services to your clients, it’s critical to have the right support. Tracking member balances, managing contribution caps, and maintaining compliance are complex tasks. Mistakes can be costly for both your practice and your clients.

We are proud members of the National Tax and Accountants’ Association (NTAA) and the recommended SMSF administrator for NTAA members.

Is Your SMSF Accountant Independent?

Choosing the right SMSF service partner can make a real difference to your practice’s success. Independence means you stay in control of your client relationships. SMSF Engine provides the support you need to grow your SMSF services with confidence.

At SMSF Engine, we work alongside accountants, advisers, and small firms to deliver reliable SMSF administration that supports both compliance and business growth.

Our experienced Australian-based team helps streamline your SMSF processes, so you can expand your services confidently and strengthen client loyalty.

What Services Can an SMSF Accountant Provide?

Accountants providing SMSF services must comply with professional standards legislation and meet regulatory requirements set by ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission).

ASIC classifies the services that accountants can offer to SMSFs into three categories.

Traditional Accountant Services

Traditional accounting services are not regulated as financial services.
They include:

They include, among others:
  • Preparing and lodging annual financial statements
  • Preparing and lodging SMSF tax returns
  • Drafting meeting minutes and resolutions
  • Preparing member statements
  • Maintaining detailed fund records

Accountants can offer these services annually or on an ongoing basis, depending on their clients’ needs.
Ongoing services allow trustees and advisers to access up-to-date fund information and investment revaluations at any time during the year.

Financial Product Advice and SMSFs

Providing financial product advice for SMSFs requires an Australian Financial Services licence – AFS licence.

Accountants who wish to advise clients on investment strategies, specific asset classes, or borrowing arrangements (such as SMSF property investment under RG 203) must either:

  • Hold an AFS licence,
  • Hold a limited AFS licence (permitting advice on classes of products, not specific products), or
  • Be authorised under another AFS licensee.

Accountants without the appropriate licensing can continue to provide traditional accounting and administrative services but must not influence client decisions about financial products.


Exempt SMSF Financial Services

Accountants do not require an AFS licence if they provide services that are incidental to another type of service they provide.

The following services are allowed:
  • Advice to ensure compliance with superannuation legislation
  • Advising on the process of establishing, winding up, or exiting from an SMSF
  • An opinion on the distribution of available funds across different investment categories
  • Tax advice on financial products
  • Acting as a Tax Agent and providing advice that would be associated with this role
  • Referring clients to an AFS licensee or representative for a financial product

SMSF Engine provides traditional accounting services and exempt SMSF financial services to SMSF accountants and financial advisers.

These SMSF accountants and financial advisers can then focus on providing financial product advice to their managed super funds.

SMSF Engine – What We Offer

We offer comprehensive administration and advanced technical services for superannuation funds.

Administration Services

We provide a comprehensive accounting, taxation and administration service to meet all SMSF compliance and Government regulatory requirements.

The following services are allowed:
  • We offer Daily or Daily Plus for ongoing SMSF administration or a simple Annual package for those who do not require daily administration, online access or advanced reporting.
  • We are very flexible and can add components as needed, including being your registered tax agent.

Other Services

We also offer other specialised and technical SMSF skills. These include:
  • Establishment and deeds.
  • Actuarial certificates
  • Investment strategy preparer
  • Property valuations
  • Title searches

Superior Customer Service

SMSF Engine has set up strategic partnerships with local auditors & actuaries to provide additional SMSF specialist services to clients who want them.

We have dedicated account managers who will provide free technical support to the accountants and advisers we serve.

We can provide technical clarity on issues such as
  • SMSF tax strategies, tax benefits, and compliance with Australian Taxation Office requirements
  • Pension and contribution options
  • Advice on accounting software choices, and
  • Suggestions for trustees facing complex issues

We pride ourselves on our customer service – response time is immediate or within 24 to 48 hours – and our cloud-based technology gives you 24/7 access to investment and fund reports.

Use our quick and easy, free SMSF outsource calculator to estimate how much you can save your SMSF clients by engaging SMSF Engine.

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