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Government looks to bolster TPB, tax compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... support the sustainability of the tax profession by increasing the ease of re-entry for tax and business activity statement agents who take career breaks," the government said. It said this will increase receipts by an estimated $47 million and increase ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... companies have been left with a hangover from the past that they are, I think, struggling to get out of." This year, the AI agents functioning as virtual team members, provided by firms like Zetaris, are expected to boom. "The real innovation lies in ...

TPB welcomes stay of sanctions against disqualified agents

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... Tribunal (ART) has declined to stay or suspend sanctions imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) against disqualified tax agents in three separate cases. All three cases relate to misconduct on the part of tax agents, including making false and ...

ASIC updates and reissues RG 121

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... deal with, property situated in Australia as an agent, legal personal representative or trustee, whether by employees or agents or otherwise. Lastly, the new guidance has updated descriptions of, or references to, financial products and services, obligations ...

SEC seeks to shut down $450m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... receiving investment applications for more than $1.5 million each day, "driven by an organisation of more than 100 sales agents" that were incentivised with commission payments and the opportunity to join exclusive "clubs" Burkhalter created for top ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... includes lawyers, accountants, finance brokers, philanthropy advisers, fund managers, psychologists, wellness experts, travel agents, and tax experts. While investment management is undoubtedly a core service required by HNW clients, the report said ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... to be offered to more people. "Some of those protocols already exist for a particular purpose. If we think about how tax agents complete a person's tax return, they can access a raft of information via government systems," he said. "I can envisage ...

Treasury unveils advice reforms draft legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... products where advice has not been provided in the previous 12 months and the exception to conflicted remuneration rules for agents or employees of authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs). On Recommendation 8, the Financial Advice Association Australia ...

ASIC updates qualified tax relevant provider definition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... technical limitations in the current framework, relevant to both new entrants into the financial advice industry and tax agents providing a tax (financial) advice service to retail clients. ASIC said it wrote to affected individuals and their AFSLs in ...

Experience pathway enshrined in legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... but have not met all the conditions attached to that qualification. For financial advisers who are also registered tax agents, they're no longer required to meet the additional education requirements to be a qualified tax relevant provider. Assistant ...