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Government must recycle brownfield infra: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... new project. Citing the need for certainty, the FSC also urged the government to maintain its commitment to a stable taxation and regulation regime for superannuation, in order "to reduce the risk incurred by superannuation funds when making long-term ...

New ATO powers to decrease SMSF 'delinquency'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Plans to increase the power of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to penalise self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) on a sliding scale will provide a more nuanced way of penalising 'delinquent trustees', according to Superannuation Australia's ...

ATO considering tax haven reprieve

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

SMSFs stick with cash and TDs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... of abating, despite the lowering interest rates and resulting increase in inflation risk. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) September quarter 2013 figures, 29.6% of SMSF funds were invested in cash and term deposits. This compares with ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... (SMSFs) to over-borrow to invest in real estate appear to be overblown, according to figures released by the Australian Taxation Office. According to the ATO's stats for the September 2013 quarter, the rate of increase at which SMSFs have entered into ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... regulatory arrangements for retirement income streams." The scrapping of the policy comes as part of a review of 92 pieces of taxation and superannuation legislation that former governments had announced but not legislated. Senator Sinodinos announced ...

SPAA defends status quo on SMSF regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... lack of understanding about the SMSF sector. If [the critics] spent some time, they would realise that the Australian Taxation Office is the appropriate regulator." She said that critics who claim that SMSFs are poorly regulated are not basing their ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... government revisit certain measures in the Bill, in particular incentives in superannuation for low income earners and taxation issues affecting small business, once the Budget returns to strong surplus," the report said. Industry Super Australia (ISA) ...

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. The speedy growth of the SMSF sector has led some commentators to question whether the Australian Taxation Office is the right body to regulate this unique, complex sector. But Sinodinos expressed no interest in changing regulatory ...

La Trobe launches SMSF loan product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... borrowing within SMSFs had become 'excessive', and the use of such products has only grown since then. The Australian Taxation Office also voiced concerns 12 months ago that many SMSFs' borrowing arrangements were outside of the rules. Most recently ...