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Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... introduced on 1 July 2018. In order to facilitate the introduction of these vehicles, the Government will provide $2 million to the ATO and $7.8 million to ASIC. The Budget statement said these expenses would be "partially offset" by $700,000 in registration ...

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... that will be easily fixed," the report said. "Staffing by the corporate regulators and related government agencies like the ATO is a very serious issue. It is difficult to understand the rationale for these cuts, given the official publications of the ...

ISA calls out pre-Budget arguments on contribution caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... caps to remain at current levels and allow Australians to make superannuation "catch-up" payments. Australian Tax Office (ATO) data analysed by ISA shows the catch-up contributions that attract a tax concession are not being made by the vast majority ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... dividends. This was followed by boosting contributions and moving into safer assets. It matches up with aggregate data from the ATO. Thorp said a third of SMSF members say they're currently getting investment advice. Forty per cent say they spend less ...

NAB and PwC partner for tax app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... the app now integrates NAB transaction account expense and income data and can lodge the relevant GST statements with the ATO automatically. On top of this, NAB has also launched a Visa debit card that uses the Airtax service. In a statement, the bank ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Crowe Horwath makes two senior appointments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... committee and a member of the KPMG national tax management services group. Pascall has also worked at the Australian Tax Office (ATO) where he held roles of tax counsel, director of complex legal recovery and was a Sydney ATO executive board member. ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
SMSFs appear to be gaining more traction with younger people with the latest data from the ATO showing 43% of new SMSFs are established by members younger than 45, whilst 25% of new funds are set up by members older than 55 as they approach retirement. ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... law from 1 July 2016 and Anthony Bradica said fund managers need to be prepared for a less flexible Australian Tax Office (ATO) if they choose not to enter the new MIT tax regime. "While the new MIT regime applies side-by-side with the current trust ...

SuperStream sees 70% of member contributions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... Over 70% of members' superannuation contributions to APRA-regulated funds are being sent through SuperStream, according to ATO figures. The new electronic payment standard saw 22.8 million contribution transactions in the September 2015 quarter alone. ...