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A focused and fitter FPA for 2005

... association with a continued emphasis on financial literacy and the importance of financial planners. Buoyed by the recent CPA survey, which reported increasing confidence in financial planners, FPA chairman Kathryn Greiner said the association is committed ...

More confidence in financial planners

A CPA Australia survey has revealed increased investor and business confidence in financial planners. CPA Australia manager financial planning Chris Benson said the feedback was encouraging for the industry following the Australian Consumer Association ...

Compulsory super contributions not enough to maintain standard of living

A report produced on behalf of CPA Australia has revealed reliance on compulsory employer superannuation contributions to fund retirement will lead to a reduction in living standards of up to 69 per cent. The report called 'Superannuation: the Right ...

ATO ruling leaves consumers exposed; CPA

Australia's largest accounting body, CPA Australia, which also represents some 3,000 financial planners, said it will seek talks with corporate regulators after the Australian Tax Office (ATO) ruled that unregistered tax agents could give tax advice ...

CPA launches register to help boardrooms comply with regulations

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
The certified accountants organisation, CPA Australia, has launched a new register aimed at helping companies comply with regulatory requirements and appoint independent directors to boards. The CPA Directors Register lists CPA members with the training ...

Accountants call for $3 billion a year tax cuts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... unfairly skewed to benefit high-income earners and needed a $3 billion a year shake up, new research has found. Accounting body CPA Australia called for the five tier tax system to be condensed into three income brackets. The new model would scrap the ...

Commonwealth Property Office Fund will meet earnings forecast

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) today said it would achieve its full year earnings and distribution forecasts despite a weakening in net property income expectations. It booked a net profit of $67.7 million for the six months to December 31 ...

CPA Australia welcomes FSRA allowances

Accounting body CPA Australia has welcomed an announcement from Treasurer Peter Costello that accountants will be allowed to provide some advice to clients on self-managed superannuation under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). Costello said ...

Jail, rather than fines, needed for corporate crime, says lawyer

... lawyer Michael Barrett said the Gordon Gecko "greed is good" motto is alive and well in many areas of business. He told the CPA annual meeting of finance and accounting professionals in Adelaide that prominent business people guilty of serious fraud ...

Accountants Fund appoints news business development manager

... 25 years. Most recently he was the business development manager for NSW with consulting and administration firm, NSP Buck. CPA Australia (CPAA) and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) jointly established the Accountants Superannuation ...