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Dissenting Coalition TASA report could impact independents

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... change the legislation, there is still little time, we have only two weeks for it to go through the Parliament and the Senate." Under the current legislation, financial advisers who give tax advice will have to become registered tax agents and register ...

PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... until June 14 to file them. A full report will be tabled to the Parliament on June 17, ahead of the final voting in the Senate later this month. The PJC intends to look at the grey areas of the bill and is expected to debate over the scope of the legislation ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... 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 Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... for consumers and he hoped that it would encourage more Australians to get advice. The Bill will next be discussed in the Senate. De Gori said that this would "most likely" be between the 17th and 27th of June - the final sitting of Parliament before ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... on Monday. In economic news, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Minerals Council of Australia will appear before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's public hearing into the development and operation of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... news on Monday, presentations by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Minerals Council of Australia will feature in the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's public hearing into the development and operation of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT). ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... weaknesses in the economy. Trade was heavy in banks after the Fed completed its stress tests and capital plan reviews, and as a Senate committee report blasted JPMorgan Chase for how it handled its massive "London Whale" losses last year. The Dow Jones ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... "Semi-annual "Monetary Policy Report to the Congress before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.", US Federal Reserve Chairman Uncle Ben said: "Although a long period of low rates could encourage excessive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... traded. The local market followed Wall Street lower, after Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition appeared to be ahead in the Senate race, but only slightly behind in the lower house. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the possibility ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... party. It then swung sharply down to a loss of 0.3 per cent after polls showed the centre-right ahead in the upper house Senate, meaning a coalition would be necessary, only to finish the day up 0.73 per cent to 16,352 points. The euro had broken $US1.33 ...