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SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... response will be coordinated by the Superannuation Regulators Working Group, comprising Treasury, the Australian Taxation Office, APRA and ASIC.

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... representatives from Treasury, ASIC, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "This response, together with far-reaching reforms such as the Future of Financial Advice and Stronger Super, will improve ...

Financial Synergy to release SuperStream-friendly platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... release adapts the platform to Stronger Super legislative changes such as MySuper, SuperStream and Australian Taxation Office integration for unclaimed superannuation money and lost member reporting. Financial Synergy, which serves about thirty funds ...

APRA warns licensees warning about 3 day rollovers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... licensees advising them of their new obligations to process rollovers within three days and use the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) developed SuperTIC service as their means for uniquely identifying member tax file numbers (TFNs). The requirements are ...

Planners must boost SMSF specialisation: SPAA

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... he said. This area is further complicated by the changing nature of SMSF demographics. According to Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data in the June quarter 2012, the most active SMSF members were those aged between 45 and 54, accounting for 31% of ...

Superannuation reforms will affect few: ASFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... their superannuation account, with the amount of investment earnings that would be reported to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)," ASFA CEO Pauline Vamos said. With rental yields, interest rates on bonds and term deposits under 5% and dividend yields ...

Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... and from July 1, 2013, accounts of uncontactable members with up to $2,000 will be transferred to the Australian Taxation Office and interest will be paid at a rate equivalent to Consumer Price Index inflation.

Lost super deadline closes in

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is reminding superannuation funds they have less than three months before the 31 May deadline to transfer certain lost super accounts to the Australian Taxation Office. Lost super under the requirements are defined as ...

ATO upgrades SMSF and SuperSeeker website

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian Taxation Office is conducting a survey of SMSF trustees to investigate if it should put more SMSF tax interpretations on their website. To ascertain the type of SMSF information trustees and service providers want, they are conducting ...

Government gives tax certainty for deceased estates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... superannuation funds from assets supporting pensions are exempt from tax. However, a draft ruling issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in 2011 led to some uncertainty over eligibility for this tax exemption following the death of a member to ...