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FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... subjects from a short list of related fields," AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said. These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance law, finance, business law, investment, estate law, banking and economics. "This is much more in alignment with ...

More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... has been disqualified, by searching ASIC's SMSF auditor register. Both men were referred to ASIC by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) under section 128P of the SIS Act. From 1 July 2013, the SIS Act required all auditors of SMSFs to be registered ...

ASIC keeps watch on SMSF auditors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... independence issues, or on fit and proper person criteria, since the registration of SMSF auditors began in 2013. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referred 98 cases of the 120 that ASIC probed. The regulator removed 76 SMSF auditors from the auditor ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Industry Super Australia suggests the Australian Taxation Office's approach to unpaid superannuation is becoming a moral hazard whereby employers think they can escape penalty. Testimony from the ATO at the Senate Estimates committee for economics this ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... borrowed a leaf from its adversary in the form of tax cuts. China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation has just published the personal income tax deduction plan (the final version is scheduled to be released by the end of ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... who prefer high dividend-paying Australian shares where the 30% corporate tax has been paid already to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It penalises retirees who have saved for their retirement and invested in Australian companies," ASA said. "Our ...

Lost super sits at $17.5bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
The total amount of lost and unclaimed superannuation stands at $17.5 billion, new data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows. During 2017-18, unclaimed super reduced by $420 million, with New South Wales accounting for more than $2.2 million ...

CFS technical expert moves to Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... analysts who provide technical support to financial advisers, which included superannuation, self-managed super fund, taxation, estate planning, social security and aged care. Australian Unity general manager of licensee services John Carnevale said ...

Don't use multiple SMSFs to dodge tax: ATO

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Self-managed super fund trustees are using multiple SMSFs to manipulate tax outcomes, Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner superannuation James O'Halloran said in his speech to the National SMSF Conference in Melbourne. The ATO believes 13,600 ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... ACCC, and will ultimately be responsible for the Government's response to the Royal Commission. His remit will extend to taxation and superannuation policy, budget, economic and fiscal policy, and major foreign investment decisions. Newly anointed Assistant ...