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Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... firms tend to have unsecured debt, likely with non-bank lenders and other businesses, as well as debts to the Australian Taxation Office. Further, businesses facing profitability challenges are drawing down on cash buffers to support their operations ...

Farmers distressed by superannuation tax overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... planning, where land assets are frequently transferred into SMSFs to facilitate retirement income for retiring farmers." "The taxation of unrealised gains poses a genuine challenge for farmers, many of whom may find it difficult to meet the annual tax ...

Super tax break changes open for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... Standard podcast that the proposed changes many pain points. An analysis by the Financial Services Council of Australian Taxation Office data found a significant portion of Australian taxpayers will breach the cap in their lifetime and 500,000 individuals ...

Super tax concessions cost less than future Age Pension savings: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... lead to better financial security in retirement. "In respect of median income earners is that the current superannuation taxation and Age Pension arrangements will provide these individuals with better financial security during retirement than if the ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... from happening again." The government said it will expand tax promoter penalty laws so they're easier for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to apply to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance. It will also increase the time limit for the ATO ...

Integro Private Wealth welcomes GM

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Australia, particularly in the Albany region, and grow their brand on a national level." According to the ATO's 2023 taxation figures, Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove in Western Australia are the third highest earning suburbs in the country.

Treasury to 'modernise' individual tax residency rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... the new regime, the federal government intends to modernise and simplify the rules following a review from the Board of Taxation in 2017 and align Australia with international practice. Under the board's proposed model, the primary test will be a simple ...

Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... who devised the strategy of the abuse of legal professional privilege to subvert the proper enquiry by the Australian Taxation Office," she said. While the PwC fire still burns, Scyne Advisory partners Tim Jackson and Ben Neal said governance and culture ...

Super funds embrace offshore investment, internal teams

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... Australia's local franking credits scheme, mean that home bias is unlikely to disappear completely. "You've got double taxation and have to reclaim withholding taxes," Fok said of offshore investment. "But given the diversification benefits and ...

SMSFs brace for more reforms: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... raise tax revenue, this particular proposal in its current form has a number of fundamental flaws - specifically, the taxation of the movement in the market value (or the unrealised gain) of an asset. "Once that asset is sold, people will still be required ...