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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 ...

LinkedIn the fastest-growing tech company... again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
LinkedIn was by far the fastest-growing tech company over the past 12 months, according to Forbes' list, America's Fastest Growing Tech Companies 2013 With a three-year average sales growth of 102%, LinkedIn beat second-place Facebook (87 %), and third-place ...

ASIC updates MIS guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revised its guidance for operators of registered managed investment schemes (MIS). MIS industry has until October 1, 2013 to comply with the new requirements. The updated policy guidance ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The federal government's Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury has extended the exemption 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 ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... practices that registered as a tax agent ahead of the exemption. "We knew the exemption would expire, so we took the steps to register as tax agents," Anne Street Partners head of Advice Heino Ling said. Ling applied for his licence in September 2011 ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
"Every single day Every word you say... I'll be watching you." -Sting Wall Street down and...you guessed it, it's taper on day. And so, round and round we go, when it ends we do not know. But perhaps we do. There's now an emerging consensus that the ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... and June 17." If the bill passes, financial advisers who give tax advice will have to become registered tax agents and register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Financial advice firms have been exempted from the taxation agent services regime ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The main financial advice associations will lobby members of Parliament today to delay the approval of tax amendments to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), amendments they believe will negatively affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... September. If the legislation passes, financial advisers who give tax advice will have to become registered tax agents and register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Financial ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider submissions from the industry in order to refine the definition of 'hedge fund'. The announcement follows concerns over the current definition of 'hedge fund' and affects a number ...