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New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... policy. The Board is delighted that a person of Karen's calibre has accepted this important role to work with Treasury, the ATO and the private sector," Fraser said. Payne was appointed to the Board in May 2015 and has been a member of the advisory panel ...

IOOF boosts interim profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... achieved against a back drop of continued significant deployment of resources to mandatory legislative initiatives, such as ATO Reporting, MySuper and Superstream, is testament to the dynamism and flexibility of our staff. They have performed incredibly ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) commissioner Chris Jordan and Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Greg Tanzer said cooperation ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... funds and $590 billion in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) which are regulated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). About $130 billion comprised exempt public sector superannuation schemes. SMSFs and small APRA funds accounted for 29.3% ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... in revenue for the government and see about $100 million go towards charities. The Council said Australian Taxation Office (ATO) figures suggest about 25,000 Australian families hold assets above $10 million. If 4% of those families paid 35% in estate ...

AMP names directors to lead revamped SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... Deane, chief innovation officer of AMP; Stuart Forsyth, director and consultant for McPherson Super Consulting and former ATO assistant deputy tax commissioner for superannuation and chief customer officer for AMP, Paul Sainsbury. A new leadership team ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... leader Andrew Reeson said the latest research mainly comes from anonymous data provided by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and focuses around how people are behaving in the drawdown phase of super. "What we're seeing, which has surprised us initially ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Where have all the buyers gone? Two weeks into the new year and they're still MIA. Given recent events, they appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Australia's highest tax bills as a percentage of their total income according to data released by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) yesterday. The measure highlighted that six financial services companies were among the top 10 paying large taxes as a percentage ...

SMSF borrowing triples in four years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs have almost tripled in four years, the latest Australian Tax Office (ATO) statistics show. The proportion of SMSFs with borrowings has risen from 2.3% of funds in 2010 to 6.7% of funds in 2014. At ...