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TPB releases tax advice definition in YouTube video

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) on July 1, 2014. The legislation requires advisers who provide tax advice to become registered tax agents and to meet a number of educational requirements established by the TPB. In the video, Taylor explained that "transitional ...

ATO takes over SME super clearing house

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... and paperwork involved in paying contributions to employees' different super funds." There are now 58,000 employers registered with the clearing house and the government is encouraging the other 700,000 businesses that are potentially eligible to sign ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... on the up and up against its major trading partners with the A$ trade weighted index up 4.3% to 70.1 from the 67.2 registered in late January this year. Not only this, it came at a time when fresh reports out of China - our biggest trading partner - ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... ahead of the start of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) in July 1, 2014, which requires financial advisers to become registered tax agents if they provide tax advice. The organisation asked advisers to extend PI insurance so that it covers the provision ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has proposed that registered tax advisers complete a minimum of 60 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) in three years as part of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 legislation. The TPB released Exposure ...

ASIC accepts EU from forex broker over prohibited IMA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Australian financial services (AFS) licence prohibits it from offering a MDA service to retail clients except through a registered managed investment scheme. ASIC's investigation found the IMAs, which were opened by 34 clients and had funds totalling ...

FPA's Ask an Expert week sees 150 inquiries

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) registered over 150 consumer questions submitted to advisers during the second edition of its Ask an Expert week. However, the Ask an Expert website had 7,038 page views during the first week of February, which ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... already received approval from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The service will allow registered simple managed investment schemes to sell units via the ASX and not used paper-based transactions. Individual investors or their ...

FPA asks for tax-deductible advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... financially literate community and benefits society overall," the submission said. With financial advisers needing to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) 2009 and the banning of commissions on financial advice, the FPA ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 on the management of conflicts of interest. The document details the actions that registered tax agents should take in case of conflict of interest, something that advisers will need to take into account once TASA comes ...