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PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services will hold its first hearing on the amendment of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) tomorrow. The inquiry will be held in Sydney and is scheduled to start at 2.15 pm. The PJC ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... organisations are confident that the government will allow more time for consultation and clarify "grey areas" in the amendment. "Today's decision is an acknowledgement from the government that there is more need for time for consultation and to sort ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The House of Representatives will vote today on the incorporation of financial planners into the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) and if the bill is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... bill is scheduled to be voted upon in Parliament tomorrow, after the Labor party blocked an inquiry about the Tax Laws Amendment bill in the Economics Legislation Committee last week. As a consequence, the legislation will not be subject to parliamentary ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The federal government has scrapped proposed amendments to the Taxation and Superannuation Laws (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 banning self-managed super funds (SMSF) from carrying out off-market transfers of listed securities. Under the proposal ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...

ASIC takes aim at charitable investment funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper proposing changes to existing exemptions for charities that raise investment funds. The proposed changes will affect approximately 200 charitable investment ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... ensure at least a third of super fund trustees have to be independent before the government regrouped to rule out the amendment. According to a statement from Opposition superannuation spokeperson, Senator Mathias Cormann, the Opposition won a vote for ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The terms "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill ...