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Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... "We have asked for the recognition of financial planners do not prepare and lodge tax returns so when it comes to the taxation regime, as long as we can remain with what planners do, we are more than prepared to step up...the competency requirements ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... created role of head of technical services. With over 19 years experience in the financial services industry as a technical taxation, superannuation and social security expert, university lecturer and financial planner, Proctor will head up Financial ...

Colley departs OnePath for SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... where his responsibilities included the provision of technical advice on super strategies, Centrelink, aged care and taxation to planners, key accounts and users of OnePath products. He also held senior roles at the tax office and as an assistant commissioner ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... at the University of New South Wales. He also acted as an external consultant to the government's "Review of Business Taxation" in the late 1990's, and has a regular column in the Eureka Report. "With his deep understanding of the product and adviser ...

Property-reliant SMSFs face potential risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... rise in property holdings, attributed to the clarification of the limited recourse borrowing rules by the Australian Taxation Office in September 2011. "It's not a bad idea if you are a business owner and you're buying a property to draw on the business ...

SMSFs shift focus to property

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... attributed to the clarification of the limited recourse borrowing rules (section 67A & B, SIS Act) by the Australian Taxation Office in September 2011. Limited recourse borrowing which permits the lender recourse on the asset used as security for the ...

Govt releases final issue of investment manager regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... Shorten. "Tax havens need not apply." Backdated to July 1 2011, this third element has been the subject of a Board of Taxation review. A key recommendation of the Johnson Report, the move had been welcomed by industry associations. Martin Codina, director ...

SMSF sector tackling misconceptions

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... around borrowing, draft pension ruling and auditors," said Burgess. The draft pension rulings released from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in July this year questioned when a pension starts and ceases. "That will have implications for the way funds ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... cap for those aged under 50 for another year, however overall it welcomed the MYEFO decision to allow the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to auto-assess the entitlement of low-income earners. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of ...

Sunsuper appoints State Street as custodian

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... global solutions to tailor to the local market to meet local requirements, for example the solutions we have around TOFA [Taxation of Financial Arrangements]. "Everybody knows funds are under constant pressures and looking to see how they can be supported ...