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Pay jockeys super: Federal Court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... to collect and distribute unpaid super and interest to employees as soon as possible." Two matters - Commissioner of Taxation v. Scone Race Club Limited (SRC) and Commissioner of Taxation v. Racing Queensland Board (RQB) - were heard. In both matters ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... progressed before the Senate. If the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No.4) Bill 2018 is passed, the Commissioner of Taxation will be able to issue a written direction for employers to pay outstanding superannuation guarantee liability. The direction ...

Conflicted SMSF auditor disqualified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... ATO under section 128P of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. The provision allows the Commissioner of Taxation to do so if they believe an approved auditor has contravened regulations or is not a fit and proper person to serve as an ...

Untouched super sits at $18 billion: ATO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... super accounts. The association recommended the Government amend the current legislation to permit the Commissioner of Taxation to pay unclaimed money to an individual's current, active superannuation account as the holding of Tax File Numbers - which ...

Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... recently acted as chair of the OECD Task Force on Tax Crimes. Also appearing at the press conference, acting commissioner of taxation Andrew Mills said that Australian Public Service (APS) Code of Conduct investigations have also been commissioned into ...

Association and regulator join forces for industry benefit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... their own retirement destiny through a sustainable SMSF community," Slattery continued. Chris Jordan, the Commissioner of Taxation, said productive partnerships with industry bodies are key to the ATO being a leading tax and superannuation administrator. ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... December, and as of yesterday ATO staff were still working through the restoration of several services. Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan said the outage was an extremely unusual and unfortunate event caused by "a significant and unprecedented failure ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... as well as other insurers. IOOF, Challenger, GE Capital and Perpetual all sit inside the top 130. ATO commissioner of taxation Chris Jordan said the report forms part of a wider domestic and global push for improved corporate transparency. "It informs ...

Red tape being reduced for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... likely reduce red tape for superannuation funds. Draft legislation announced on Friday aims to allow the Commissioner of Taxation to pay super amounts directly to individuals with a terminal medical condition. Currently, in many circumstances, super ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Retirement Account (IRA) is not a superannuation fund for Australian Tax Purposes. In the case of Baker and Commissioner of Taxation, tribunal senior member Frank O'Loughlin was faced with deciding whether an IRA is a foreign superannuation fund and ...