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Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
A Gold Coast accountant has been sentenced to 6 years jail for promoting a tax avoidance scheme to clients after the case was successfully brought forward by Project Wickenby, a cross-agency Government taskforce fighting against tax evasion, avoidance ...

US delays tax avoidance law by 6 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The US Treasury Department has postponed a new law designed to crack down on offshore tax avoidance by US citizens by six months. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) requires foreign banks, insurance companies and asset managers to report ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... and in some cases obtain two sets of franking credits for the same parcel of shares, according to Centric Wealth. Tax avoidance and evasion using trusts has also been targeted with additional funding for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to investigate ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... According to Everett and Hudson, high-profile conduct failures such as the LIBOR fixing scandal, money laundering, tax avoidance and product mis-selling have reinforced the view that significant legislation is required to ensure the trust of the public. ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims to crackdown on tax avoidance by US citizens and companies sheltering assets abroad. The regulations, due to come into effect January 1, 2013, will ...

Australia secures 30 TIEA partners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... China. The agreements are formed to open the channels of communications between nations to prevent any offshore tax avoidance and evasion by Australians in those countries due to the free exchange of taxpayer information. Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer ...

Tax agreement between Aus and Liechtenstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... between the two nations. Liechtenstein is the 28th jurisdiction to sign a TIEA with Australia, preventing any offshore tax avoidance and evasion by Australians in its country as the agreement allows Australia and Liechtenstein to exchange taxpayer information. ...

Tax strategies from ATO, Cavendish

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... arrangements. The ATO has issued a new guide, Understanding tax effective investments, in a bid to help investors understand tax avoidance schemes and the various arrangements available. The guide details that investors keen on real estate, shares or ...

Good advisers can save clients from tax crackdown

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
Financial advisers can keep their clients safe from the tax avoidance schemes by refocusing them on their investment objectives, a financial planner said today. The Australian Tax Office has been cracking down on avoidance rorts, questioning more than ...

Industry funds publish pocket super guide

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... guide is not written for people who have millions of dollars in super and who are looking for the latest and best tax avoidance strategy," Lampe said. "It is about helping ordinary employees take control of their super, maximizing it, understanding it ...