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ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has taken over responsibility from the Department of Human Services for the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. This move is part of the government's commitment to streamline processes and it believes the ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Uh-oh, Governor Glen Stevens won't be a happy little Vegemite this morning. No Virginia... not with headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said advisers who provide tax advice need to extend their professional indemnity (PI) insurance coverage to meet the organisation's minimum requirements. The TPB outlined the proposal in Exposure Draft Explanatory Paper ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... open for submissions until April 6, 2014. The tax agents' body proposed that advisers undertake CPE from the moment they register as tax advisers. The body has already set up a CPE log available from its website and specified that advisers should keep ...

ASIC accepts EU from forex broker over prohibited IMA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from online foreign exchange broker Forex Financial Services Pty Ltd (Forex FS). ASIC's investigation found that between March 2010 and October 2011, Forex FS offered an account known as an individually managed ...

ATO doing a good job on SMSFs: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... who are all the people connected with the formation of this SMSF, and if they don't like the look of you, they won't register you." He said the perception the SMSF trustees could invest irresponsibly, thus putting pressure on the age pension, was a "furphy". ...

FPA's Ask an Expert week sees 150 inquiries

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) registered over 150 consumer questions submitted to advisers during the second edition of its Ask an Expert week. However, the Ask an Expert website had 7,038 page views during the first week of February, which ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The ASX's mFund Settlement Service (mFund), formally known as AQUA II, has cleared the final regulatory hurdle and is provisionally set to launch at the beginning of the second quarter this year. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ...

FPA asks for tax-deductible advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has asked the government to implement tax deductibility on financial planning fees. "The inability to claim a tax deduction for the fees associated with an initial financial plan acts as a disincentive for people ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... anyone else providing relevant services on behalf of the registered agent to declare conflicts of interest," keeping a register of private interests, undertaking relevant training and seeking advice from an independent third party. The TPB has released ...