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Tax page cull the first step: BCA

... questions later' approach, which is the cause of so much unnecessary and overlapping regulation." But Lahey said the tax page cull is just one of many steps the government should undertake to avoid getting to the stage where a regulatory tome such as ...

Income Tax Law to be cut by nearly 30 per cent

Treasurer Peter Costello has announced Government plans to cut the volume of Tax Law by nearly 30 per cent. The announcement is in response to the work of the advisory Board of Taxation in reviewing the tax legislation with a view to cutting it back. ...

Clients push S&P to make ratings simpler

... Hoven, head of S&P's fund ratings team for Australia and New Zealand. For example, S&P will now provide clients with a five-page fund report instead of the 20 to 40-odd page extensive fund manager reports they have issued in the past. And because they ...

FPA releases Good Advice guide

... Advice' guide as part of its ongoing campaign to raise public awareness of the benefits of using a financial adviser. The 16-page booklet contains information on who needs a financial planner, the basic steps to getting advice and what to prepare for ...

ASIC issues guidance on general advice warning and SOAs

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an example Statement of Advice (SOA) and released a proposal to reduce the repetition of advice warning for Australian financial services licensees and their representatives. The ...

New Heron product assists with super fund comparisons

... Advisor has the ability to improve compliance procedures regarding statements of advice (SOA). The product provides a 20 page report advisers can use as their own SOA or as an independent third part report. Furthermore advisers can have their SOAs produced ...

RetireInvest streamlines advisory process

RetireInvest has introduced a new range of templates and tools to improve their adviser network's interaction with clients and compliance capabilities. The new processes allow advice to be better tailored to clients' individual needs. In particular ...

CPA Australia responds to FSR refinements

In response to the Federal Government's proposed refinements to the Financial Services Reform Act, CPA Australia has welcomed the refinements however believes the sections around Statements of Advice (SoA) do not go far enough to meet the stated objectives. ...

New poll reveals choice will not impact on SMSF growth

A new poll by the Institute of Chartered Accountants reveal the choice of fund legislation may not lead to an increase in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The survey conducted by Newspoll interviewed 200 respondents with an annual household ...

CPAs want better SoAs

CPA Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's Refinements to Financial Services Reform proposal but has expressed a desire for the government to go further to allow Statements of Advice (SoA) to be less complex and arduous. The accounting body ...