If you make changes to your SMSF we will send you an alert for changes made to SMSF information.
We may send you an alert via text message (SMS) or email when:
- you register a new SMSF
- you change an existing SMSF's
- financial institution account details
- electronic service address (ESA)
- authorised contact
- members.
Our SMS alerts for changes made to a SMSF information used to contain a hyperlink. This has recently been removed as part of an ATO wide project involving the removing of hyperlinks from all our SMS. This will help protect you by making it easier to distinguish between a legitimate ATO SMS and a fake SMS. Our email alerts still contain some hyperlinks.
If you receive a SMS or email regarding a new SMSF registration, or any changes made to your existing SMSF that you are not aware of, you should contact the other trustees or directors of your SMSF and any authorised representatives to check if they have made the changes.
If you're concerned about a new SMSF registration or changes made to your existing SMSF, you should contact us on 13 10 20. You should contact this number even if you aren't sure about whether the SMS or email alert you have received is a genuine alert of a fake one.
To safeguard your super, it's important you keep your email and mobile phone details up to date, as this will help ensure you continue to receive our alerts.
If you're asked to provide or need to check or update any of your information for your SMSF, we strongly recommend going directly to our website by typing in ato.gov.au.
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