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MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... growth outlook we continue patiently and responsibly on the path to budget balance," Morrison said. Also commenting on MYEFO, BDO tax partner David Blake has called on the government to take bold initiatives to accelerate the process of structural reform ...

Omniwealth names new COO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... responsible for building a business advisory and succession planning service across the group. Crowe-Maxwell joins Omniwealth from BDO where he was a partner of business recovery and insolvency. "We are delighted that Atle has joined Omniwealth. His ...

FPA awards associate adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... also awarded Natalie Cross of Griffith University with the FPA University Student of the Year Award and Sunitha Chamala from BDO with the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. The FPA University Student of the Year Award is a new category in the association's ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Australian superannuation funds to be investing in the country's agriculture industry. Yet recent research commissioned by BDO and conducted by The University of Queensland Business School showed less than 0.3% of MySuper assets are within the agriculture ...

Employee share scheme reforms to boost start-ups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... previous Act that was considered too generous and the current Act that is too restrictive, said Vanessa Priest, a partner at the BDO taxation and auditing group. "The old Act used to have generous provisions but they were shut down in 2009. What we are ...

New law to add clarity to business sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... an earnout arrangement under which payments for the business are linked to the future performance of the business assets," BDO tax Mark Molesworth said. "However, the taxation treatment that has been applied to these arrangements has been complex and ...

AFS advisers denied access to brokerage account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... advisers and authorised representatives. AFS Group was placed into voluntary liquidation last May after a creditors' meeting and BDO Australia administrators Rachel Burdett-Baker and Luke Targett were appointed as liquidators. "The evidence before the ...

LM liquidators get boot over conflict of interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... it found that its current liquidators had a conflict of interest. The new receiver will be David Whyte of accounting firm BDO. The previous LM-appointed liquidators, John Park and Ginette Muller of FTI Consulting, had previously resisted attempts by ...

AFS goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... business, property and affairs, and considered the companies' future according to a statement by voluntary administrators BDO. AFS Group was reported to be facing financial difficulties February 2013 and BDO Australia was appointed voluntary administrator ...

Former AFS executive appointed at BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... administration on April 23, 2013 and its employees were informed that their contract with the company would terminate on April 26. BDO has been appointed as administrator, and the first meeting of creditors was held on Monday 6 May, BDO confirmed. The ...