On a quarterly basis the ATO release statistics on SMSF’s. Attached is an example of the latest figures released showing almost 500,000 SMSF’s in existence.
In the table below is the latest data from the ATO. The data was extracted on 6 March 2012.
|
Jun-10 |
Sep-10 |
Dec-10 |
Mar-11 |
Jun-11 |
Sep-11 |
|
| Establishments |
8,486 |
8,222 |
7,424 |
7,248 |
9,305 |
7,983 |
| Windups |
11,842 |
210 |
348 |
360 |
1,520 |
92 |
| Net establishments |
-3,356 |
8,012 |
7,076 |
6,888 |
7,785 |
7,891 |
| Total number of SMSFs |
412,846 |
420,858 |
427,934 |
434,822 |
442,607 |
450,498 |
| Total members of SMSFs |
777,347 |
794,599 |
807,231 |
819,524 |
833,307 |
850,643 |
The ATO has lots more – see the information available directly from the ATO website. To access this information directly from the ATO, CLICK HERE.