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AFA unveils main principles of code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Commission (ASIC). The AFA is now seeking guidance from a working group and taking into account the new Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) requirements, as well as the recommendations of past Senate inquiries into financial advice. Speaking about the recent ...

TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions and login details to access the ...

TPB releases tax advice definition in YouTube video

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... the TPB and the move could indicate an effort to engage with financial advisers ahead of the start of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) on July 1, 2014. The legislation requires advisers who provide tax advice to become registered tax agents and ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... resolution framework and of advisers' professional indemnity insurance. It also asked the FSI to look at the Tax Agent Services Act (2009), which is due to start on July 1, 2014. "We believe that there are issues relevant to TASA that should be considered ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... open for submissions until April 6, 2014. The document was issued by the TPB ahead of the start of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) in July 1, 2014, which requires financial advisers to become registered tax agents if they provide tax advice. The organisation ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... complete a minimum of 60 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) in three years as part of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 legislation. The TPB released Exposure Draft Explanatory Paper D5/2014 on proposed CPE policy requirement for registered ...

SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... changes." The company will also be "looking at the best ways to approach upcoming legislative changes such as [Tax Agent Services Act 2009] TASA and the limited AFSLs for financial advisers.

FPA puts TASA back in the agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is putting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 back on the advisers' agenda ahead of the implementation in July 1, 2014. The association has put together four webinars and a toolkit campaign that aim to educate ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has focused its first document outlining guidance for the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 on the management of conflicts of interest. The document details the actions that registered tax agents should take in case ...

Advisers "hopeful" to hear FoFA changes before 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... that the organisation is also in talks with the government and the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) about the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA). De Gori said that drafted regulations could be ready in the first quarter of 2014 and that the FPA and the TPB will ...