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Accountants tap into advice with tech advantage

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... transform it significantly. Head of ACCA Australia John Winter said that Australian accountants "are prepared to be influential agents of change" and added that "they are adept at using technology to advance their careers, their client's prospects and ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009, which determines that financial planners who provide tax advice become registered tax agents by July 1, 2014.

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... conducted its first outreach event aimed at financial advisers in Perth and Darwin. "We had contact with over 700 tax and BAS agents and financial advisers, accounting for about 16% of all Western Australian individual registered agents," the report ...

Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... argued that it intervened in court proceedings in 2009 to argue that, in some circumstances, brokers should be considered agents of the lender. "The courts did not accept ASIC's submissions," the regulator said. ASIC said it provided consumer guidance ...

McGrath Estate Agents partners with Aura FM for SIV funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... investment and sophisticated entrepreneurs, which will invariably have a positive impact." AFM has appointed McGrath Estate Agents as strategic advisor to its Australian Core Property Fund. McGrath chief executive John McGrath said: "Australia is a strongly ...

Accounting and advice practices likely to increase mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... likely to happen, with a number of advisers willing to acquire accounting practices as they need to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. Birt said that a benefit of buying accounting practices is that their financial ...

Accountants ready to access HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... unique business model required us to think outside the square to develop a platform that caters for accountants and tax agents expanding their services to include financial planning," Investorfirst chief executive Andrew Alcock said. Interprac is a long ...

Curve ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

FPA outlines concerns on TASA submission to Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... regime applies to general advice." The amendments to TASA demand planners who give tax advice to become registered tax agents by July 1, 2014. The FPA asked for more clarity on the definition of advice in the TASA legislation as "the Corporations Act ...

FPA sets out opposition to self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... by the government. The amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) demands that planners become registered tax agents if they give tax advice and at the same time, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recently issued ...