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Australian giving grows by $248 million

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... individual tax returns to Deductible Gifts Recipients from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, extracted from the Australian Taxation Office's publication Taxation Statistics 2010-11. The Charities Aid Foundation's 2012 World Giving Index has also ranked Australia ...

Accountant gets 6 years jail for promoting tax avoidance scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
... S.C. commented: "These offences are of a kind that are serious in nature, as they affect the integrity of Australian taxation system, thus directly impact on the Australian community. This is particularly so given your position of responsibility and ...

Link calls on govt to remove Stronger Super red tape

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... impacting the sector. Codina said: "If he doesn't keep the same portfolio combination it will be a shame because linking taxation issues that fall under the Treasury portfolio and issues affecting super would allow the government to take a more holistic ...

Sagging commodities see drop in foreign investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... the downward trend will be short-term. However, he said that whoever forms the next government will need to address the taxation regime around managed investment trusts. "In general terms, the withholding tax that foreign investors pay - 15% - is higher ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... levy will not count towards franking credits on shareholder dividends. Bowen said this move would reintroduce double taxation to Australia; something which he said was removed by former Prime Minister Paul Keating in 1987. "That to me is a pretty amazing ...

ATO launches superannuation video comp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched its annual video competition and this year the theme is superannuation engagement for young people. The ATO has also opened the video competition to any student from any Australian tertiary or vocational ...

Accountants expected to flood advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... boost what has been a poor showing in the opinion polls. The positive reception of the government's June superannuation taxation reforms put a spanner in the works in what was looking very much like a one-sided election. Then the dramatic leadership ...

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... government's plan to raise the threshold at which inactive superannuation account balances can be transferred to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Currently, inactive account balances of under $2000 can be transferred. In the government's pre-election ...