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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... been appointed head of Mutual's investment advisers team and Paul Hockridge has been appointed head of the company's taxation consultants team. Prime Value appoints distribution head - David Glascott has joined Prime Value from Investors Mutual, where ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... gross value added. He said these firms are a major employer across all states, and the largest single source of corporate taxation revenue. "Within the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian financial services industry is large and the economy has a high ...

Mutual Trust makes two senior appointments

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Mutual Trust recently expanded its wealth management and taxation advisory teams with two senior appointments. Now leading Mutual's team of investment advisers is Jono Gourlay. He has more than 20 years' experience in advising families, private individuals ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... and bequests. Rice Warner's submission to the Tax Discussion Paper was released today, and notes the share of personal taxation has risen to 48% of the $415 billion in revenue expected to be raised in 2015-16. "We suggest the top marginal tax rate should ...

North American sovereigns hardest hit by oil crisis

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... for state governments in North America and Canada; with reduced revenues from oil producers having driven down state taxation income at the same time as state expenses are rising sharply as a result of the baby boom generation retiring." As a result ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... superannuation tax reform. Today the Actuaries Institute said there is growing clamour for clarity around superannuation taxation arrangements. In its submission to the Tax Discussion Paper, the Institute reiterated some industry views of introducing ...

Employee share scheme reforms to boost start-ups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... that was considered too generous and the current Act that is too restrictive, said Vanessa Priest, a partner at the BDO taxation and auditing group. "The old Act used to have generous provisions but they were shut down in 2009. What we are about to see ...

Tax reform cannot be deferred any longer: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... businesses; continuing to improve proposed new employee share scheme rules for startups; and implementing the Board of Taxation's recent recommendations in relation to debt and equity tax rules. "There are features of our existing tax system which we ...

Government scraps philanthropic donation fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Philanthropists will no longer need to pay fees to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to donate listed shares and managed funds. The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, which includes Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison and Assistant ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... speech at the National Press Club where he reiterated the current position was unsustainable. "It has to be said that the taxation concession on superannuation earnings in retirement is unsustainable. We can't afford it as a nation," Bowen said. Bowen ...