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Treasury details winners from tax concessions on super contributions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Treasury analysis shows superannuation contributions in Australia, taxed at concessional rates, significantly favour those with high incomes, in its Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement. As per the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) latest statistics ...

Fee consent forms, FDS overhaul concerns FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... clients in the one group and to align with the preferred timing for clients," she said. Separately, the Australian Taxation Office recently clarified rules on deductibility of financial advice fees under new draft determination TD 2023/D4 Income tax ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... retirement. So, the timing of losing their super through their SMSF was regrettable," he said. ASIC and the Australian Taxation Office jointly regulate the SMSF sector; the ATO has the role of auditing SMSF auditors. Financial adviser misconduct in the ...

Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... to the retirement balance of workers in the lowest 20% of wage earners. A recent SMC analysis of an Australian Taxation Office sample file has found that on average 2.8 million people are underpaid a total of $4.7 billion super in a year. The analysis ...

Large Australian corporations pay record tax: ATO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has disclosed that a record-breaking $83.8 billion was paid in income tax by large corporations for the 2021-22 financial year. According to the ATO's ninth annual Corporate Tax Transparency (CTT) report, the income ...

Super fund, insurer admin issues draw AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... issues. Another super fund's administrator incorrectly coded a reserve as contributions to the Australian Taxation Office. "For otherwise inactive accounts, this caused the period of inactivity to be reset and therefore impacted the date of insurance ...

Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... to have unsecured debt, likely with non-bank lenders and other businesses, as well as debts to the Australian Taxation Office. Further, businesses facing profitability challenges are drawing down on cash buffers to support their operations or service ...

Super tax break changes open for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... podcast that the proposed changes many pain points. An analysis by the Financial Services Council of Australian Taxation Office data found a significant portion of Australian taxpayers will breach the cap in their lifetime and 500,000 individuals currently ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... happening again." The government said it will expand tax promoter penalty laws so they're easier for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to apply to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance. It will also increase the time limit for the ATO to bring ...

Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... devised the strategy of the abuse of legal professional privilege to subvert the proper enquiry by the Australian Taxation Office," she said. While the PwC fire still burns, Scyne Advisory partners Tim Jackson and Ben Neal said governance and culture ...