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Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Brogden said. The legislation will be voted this week in Parliament and after that the industry will start to work with Treasury and the Tax Practitioners Board.

Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Association chief executive Mark Rantall said. The issue will be discussed in today's parliamentary sitting after last Friday Treasury released a discussion paper on the registration requirements for advisers to become tax agents. Treasury proposed that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... price changes because of a lack of significant economic data. St George economist Janu Chan said there was a weakening US Treasury bonds and a fall in sharemarkets during the overnight session. The two asset classes usually move in opposite directions. ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become tougher". There's Secretary to the Treasury (1993-2001) Ted Evans echoing his successor Dr Ken Henry's warning that the domestic economy is not prepared to withstand "negative ...

Corporate super specialists ask Treasury for FoFA exemption

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Corporate Super Specialists Alliance (CSSA) is in talks with Treasury after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) refused to grant a no-action letter to corporate super specialists. The CSSA made the request for a no-action ...

Super is working but needs to evolve: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... this policy evolution it is also important not to mix short-medium term problems with longer term ones. For example, Treasury estimates a 30 year old entering the work force now should retire with a 90% income replacement ratio although this is not the ...

Regulation remains unclear a month out from FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation is still negotiating some of the aspects in FoFA with Treasury. The amount of unclear details could be the reason why so many advisers remain unprepared for FoFA, De Gori suggested during ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... independents, the greens, the opposition and the government to gather support to remove TASA from the bill and allow industry and Treasury a further 6 months for consultation. Dealer groups are also asking for more time to bring clarification to the ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... exempted from the taxation agent services regime and the exemption is due to end on June 30, 2013. On February 9, 2013, Treasury started the consultation on exposure draft legislation for advisers providing tax advice. The consultation period finished ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... forced the Fed's hand. This time, the uncertainty has raised volatility in the US bond market. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury volatility as measured by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch MOVE index rose to 75.51 yesterday, the most since Aug. 16, four ...