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ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... terminated this week following a joint TPB and ATO investigation. The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received 19 consumer complaints about the registered tax agents. The complaints alleged the tax agents offered ...

CCIV consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... existing treatment of attribution managed investment trusts, and provides investors with the benefits of flow-through taxation. Robert said the Government has consulted extensively with stakeholders on the design of the CCIV regulatory and tax framework. ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... to close the 2019/20 financial year. However, analysts at Fitch Solutions suggest slowing economic growth could reduce taxation revenues, delaying the much hoped surplus. "We expected tax revenue growth to slow in 2019 due mainly to slowing economic ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... decision to "a death in the family." Ignored and rejected SCOA has pushed for fairer measures around the indexation and taxation of pensions received by former government employees. SCOA does not believe the pensions received under the CSS and PSS are ...

MYEFO: Regulatory funding increases, Budget surplus doubles

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... also received increased funding in the government's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will receive more than $182 million over four years from 2019-20 to extend the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce ...

Former Paradice managers launch LIT

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... long time. The Ophir High Conviction Fund closed to new investors in March, as the boutique applied to the Australian Taxation Office to get a tax ruling for rollover release to prevent its current investors from accruing additional capital gains taxes ...

Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... wrote. Bowen said: "Currently unpaid or underpaid employer superannuation contributions are a debt owed to the Australian Taxation Office, rather than the worker. Unless there is a clause in their award or agreement, workers can't chase this money ...

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 ...

Tax treatment of granny flats under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
The Federal Government has requested the Board of Taxation conduct a review of the tax treatment of granny flat arrangements and outline potential reforms to assist the prevention of elder abuse. Under existing tax laws, a homeowner may have to pay ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow Brendan Coates have called for higher taxation for wealthier seniors as the first-best solution. It's a key point in their submission to Parliament's inquiry into ...