Following a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) on 8 November 2016, Mr Manoj Abichandani's registration as an approved SMSF auditor has been reinstated.

In October 2015, ASIC disqualified Mr Abichandani from being an approved SMSF auditor (refer: 15-356MR).

Mr Abichandani applied for a review of ASIC's decision in the AAT. In deciding to set aside ASIC's decision, the AAT found that Mr Abichandani had not intentionally made false statements to ASIC and that Mr Abichandani was a fit and proper person to be an approved SMSF auditor.