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Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Industry bodies have asked the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) for a 12 month extension to allow enough time for the industry to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 bill. The PJC held its first meeting yesterday in Sydney and major ...

PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services will hold its first hearing on the amendment of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) tomorrow. The inquiry will be held in Sydney and is scheduled to start at 2.15 pm. The PJC ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... for financial advisers of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill and has referred the bill to the Parliamentary Joint Committee for an inquiry. After pressure from industry bodies, Bradbury has removed July 1, 2013, as the date when the exemption for ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... be delayed another six or twelve months. After the bill passes at the House of Representatives, the Parliament Joint Committee will hold an enquiry on June 17 and the outcome will be discussed at the Senate. "The role of the Greens in making any amendments ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the enshrinement. "This piece of legislation has been reviewed by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and they supported it," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "The AFA continues to believe ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill, the government ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have criticised the government's response to the reports by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Bank of Australia deputy head, payments policy department, Mark Manning is due to appear before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into the Corporations and Financial Sector Legislation amendment Bill. In ...

Ripoll thanks industry for reforms support

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Peter Kell, said. Ripoll, who chaired the Government's Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, also said that he was proud that it was a Labor Government that delivered the reforms ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Paul Fletcher, the Liberal Party member for Bradfiled who sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on corporations and financial services, has voiced the Federal Opposition's concerns about superannuation fund governance. Speaking yesterday in Melbourne ...