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Taxpayers Australia supports Board of Tax recommendation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... recommendation to redefine the small business turnover threshold from $2 million to $3 million to keep pace with inflation. "Relief to small business is necessary as they do not have the same capacity as big business to administer their tax requirements," ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... APRA. These new 'select' option reporting rules take effect from 30 June this year although APRA will grant transition relief for 18 months to allow RSE licensees 35 calendar days rather than the tighter 28 calendar day deadline that comes into effect ...

FSI calls for tax relief to switch out of legacy products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... rationalisation, focusing on the managed investments and life insurance sectors. The mechanism would have provided capital gains tax relief when switching from genuine legacy products to newer models. However, the mechanism was never finalised. "The ...

Share market rallies on Murray report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Treasurer Joe Hockey. But Mr Murray's report was vague about the levels of capital he wanted the banks to hold, which was a relief to investors, Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "Fundamentally, I don't think it's going to have any ...

ASIC pays commissioners $2.9m in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... consumers. A total of 62 individuals were disqualified or removed from directing companies. The regulator received 1,913 relief applications, 1,528 of which were approved, and 85 refused.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... interest rates in 2015. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell sharply as negative German business data overpowered broad relief after the European Central Bank gave passing grades to a comfortable majority of eurozone banks subjected to stress tests. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... billion, in value since early September. Last week was the worst of the year in trading on global markets. There could be relief if official Chinese trade balance figures due out at lunchtime (AEDT) show solid growth coupled with US markets being closed ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... in Australia. Illustrating this, last week the CFPB ordered a US bank to provide an estimated US$48 million in financial relief to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices in addition to imposing a US$5 million civil penalty payable to the CFPB ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... issued by the Australian and New Zealand governments and several Australian state governments. It has received 'no-action' relief from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allowing it to provide direct access to US persons to transact ...