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SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

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
... 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 be ...

FPA expects TASA to require "massive" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... to go through "a massive matching process" to determine competency requirements for advisers under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA). FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said that TASA implementation on July 1, 2014, will be "easier in the short term, but ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... 2014 winter sittings. Financial advice associations also expect Parliament to provide more clarity on the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009, which determines that financial planners who provide tax advice become registered tax agents by July 1, 2014 ...

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... advisers who provide tax advice will need to become registered tax agents before July 1, 2014, under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009.

Accounting and advice practices likely to increase mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... advisers willing to acquire accounting practices as they need to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. Birt said that a benefit of buying accounting practices is that their financial planning fees are mainly fee-for-service ...

Election result to shape the industry: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... will be pushing for changes in the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation and more clarity on the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. "Moving super aside for a moment, the question if Labor is reelected is what direction will they take on the ...

FPA outlines concerns on TASA submission to Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... clarification over the definition of 'tax advice' and requirements for training is needed in the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 the Financial Planning Association (FPA ) said in a submission to Treasury. FPA argued that "there is ...