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Inflation beats forecasts, hits 7.8%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today and mark the fourth consecutive quarterly rise greater than any seen since the introduction of GST in 2000. The annual CPI increase came in at 7.8%, the highest rate seen since 1990. While it didn't hit the Reserve ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... delayed until legislated. Treasury said making these changes is expected to increase receipts by $29.4 million and decrease GST payments to the states and territories by $4.1 million over the coming four years.

Alphinity lowers global equities fund fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... the Alphinity Global Equity Fund and the Alphinity Global Sustainable Fund will be reduced from 1.00% to 0.75%, inclusive of GST and net of RITC. The decision to reduce the fees follows a review by Alphinity and Fidante, the responsible entity. Performance ...

Millions to receive tax offset

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... number of new initiatives aimed at Australian businesses. For the 2022-23 financial year the GDP uplift rate for PAYG and GST installments will be lowered from 10% to 2% - a move which the government says will provide cash flow support to around 2.3 ...

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... shortcut method of claiming work from home expenses - instituted during the pandemic - should be made permanent; a domestic GST electronic platform rule such as the one that applies to foreign electronic platforms should be introduced to simplify GST ...

Government vows support for SMEs, self-funded retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... (PAYG) system. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the GDP uplift rate that applies to PAYG instalments and GST instalments will be lowered to 2% for the 2022-23 financial year. Normally, the rate is set at 10%. "A lower uplift rate will ...

Adviser exam cost jumps under new bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... pay $948 per sitting. This is significantly more that the Financial Standard and Ethics Authority's charge of $540 plus GST per sitting. Advisers will be charged $218 to have ASIC review the marking of one or more answers to non-multiple-choice questions. ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... vulnerable to an ageing population," the OECD said. It said the government should consider increasing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate or broaden the base to offset regressive effects through personal income tax cuts, reducing private pension tax ...

HGL relaunches fund to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... (after all fees), beating the ASX200 by 15%. The fund, which has about $13 million in assets, charges a management free 1% plus GST p.a. as well as fund costs capped at 1.05% p.a. HGL acquired Supervised Investments in March and brought it into the group ...

HUB24 hits fund managers with higher fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... estimating the new structure increases their cost of doing business on HUB24 from about $3000 a year to about $11,000 before GST. HUB24 also flagged it would move its rebate system from manual to online. But it did not say if it will add a rebate fee ...