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Islamic finance industry association established

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... Islamic Money Australia, and Awqaf Australia. The group said it will be initially focused on: advocating for stamp duty and taxation changes to align with Islamic banking and finance requirements, and inform members of existing and proposed legislation ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... financial advice fees. The guide covers the legislative background and key definitions related to tax (financial) advice and taxation law. It outlines three potential methodologies for apportioning fees and provides examples, Statement of Advice text ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... such as the Commonwealth Super Corporation (CSC), the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Future Fund and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "Releasing public sector gender pay gaps for the first time today places a spotlight on these employers, like ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... team, she joined Frontier in 2017, having previously worked within finance operations at the University of Melbourne and taxation services at Deloitte. Frontier has a long-standing reputation for finding and developing people. More senior people in the ...

Super lobbies welcome bipartisan support to fight financial abuse

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... In a broader policy announcement on family violence prevention, the Coalition also vowed to "strengthen Commonwealth taxation, welfare and superannuation systems where practicable to eradicate financial abuse" and "take strong action against perpetrators ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... shape that it's currently in, obviously has some hairs on it," Delahunty said. "I'm not as concerned about the taxation of unrealised capital gains as some other commentators are, I think we're all familiar with land tax, which is also a ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... systems and resources to manage the increased compliance requirements," IFPA said. SMC also suggests that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) clearly articulate its proposed transition, with a "phased approach to enforcement to give comfort to employers ...

Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... respectively. While collectables represent a small portion, they continue to be popular in the SMSF sector. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data for December 2024 shows that SMSFs had $683 million invested in collectables and personal use assets, accounting ...

NPP not suitable as the primary payment system for payday super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... payments will attract Superannuation Guarantee Charge (SGC), which is not tax-deductible. Simultaneously, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will also remove the ability to claim deductions for General Interest Charge and Shortfall Interest Charge ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... We've seen these over the years, when there's been constant changes in meddling in the rules of superannuation, the taxation of superannuation, access to and the age of policy, etc. All those things start to undermine people's confidence ...