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JP Morgan-linked ship in US $1bn drug bust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... Company, CNN said. JP Morgan hasn't issued a statement so far. On June 17, federal, state and local law enforcement agents boarded the ship when it was parked at a terminal in Philadelphia and seized 19.76 tons of cocaine. "Seizure of a vessel this ...

The case for tax deductible advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Australians from seeking it. In its 2017 pre-Budget submission, the association said the tax deductibility of fees paid to tax agents, BAS agents and lawyers represents a precedent. The FPA also cited the requirement for advisers to join the Tax Practitioners ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... his trade war tweets versus China. Trump did so early this year - prompting financial markets and economic and business agents to expect that a trade deal is in the offing and the world is being made whole again. The resumption of US-China trade hostilities ...

ASIC catches illegal dual licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... be the authorised representative of another AFS licensee - with the only exceptions being general insurance underwriting agents and brokers operating under a binder given by an insurer. The regulator said in circumstances where an authorisation has been ...

FASEA makes adviser exam adjustments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... clarifying the content of the exam, topic of Financial Adviser Regulatory and Legal Requirements will only cover the Tax Agents Services Act. It will not include the broader requirements of the Tax Practitioners Board, FASEA said. In addition, the reading ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... rapid reinvention to recover its credibility. The financial advisers many retail wealth groups may have seen as their sales agents are also in the Royal Commission's gunsights. Their sales commissions and grandfathered sales commissions are gone ...

Ponzi scheme fined $1.4bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... payments on the loans, the SEC alleged in 2017. Meanwhile, Shapiro and Woodbridge paid US$64.5 million in commissions to sales agents who pitched the investments as "low risk" and "conservative," SEC said. Shapiro was alleged to have diverted at least ...

ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
The registrations of tax agents QTR Accountants and Nicoh Group were terminated this week following a joint TPB and ATO investigation. The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received 19 consumer complaints about the ...

Advisers failing to submit SMSF returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... launches a new compliance strategy. The TPB is calling on registered tax practitioners - which collectively refers to tax agents, business activity statement (BAS) agents and financial advisers - to settle outstanding tax obligations. TPB chair Ian Taylor ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... to uncertainty. If it's on... then good. If it's off... then so be it, at least economic, financial and business agents can adjust their decisions based on the new world order. And then there's the Fed. Luckily, the latest update is that ...