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ATO backs SMSFs as strong retirement choice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner said he is focused on ensuring SMSFs remain a strong and credible retirement planning choice for Australians going forward. In an end of year message, assistant commissioner Justin Micale said as ...

Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
How much did Challenger, Perpetual, UBS and J.P. Morgan pay in taxes? The Australian Taxation Office has released the latest numbers. The ATO's latest Corporate Tax Transparency report found AMP Limited as the financial institution outside the big ...

SMSFs dump $30bn in shares

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... COVID-19, with members dumping their allocation to listed shares over the past year, new data shows. The Australian Taxation Office quarterly statistical report for September 2020 shows allocation to listed shares has reduced by nearly $30 billion in ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... of managed accounts and investments, including custodial and non-custodial assets." According to the Australian Taxation Office, some $342 million of the $733 billion SMSF industry is invested in assets that are challenging to hold on platforms, such ...

ATO prepares for end of ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced the end of year shutdown and program closure arrangements for the early release of super (ERS) scheme. Since April 3.3 million Australians have taken over $34 billion out of their retirement savings ...

Public servants caught in SG bungle

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... as a result of misinterpreting tax legislation and coding errors. The issues came to light after the Australian Taxation Office published advice relating to the application of superannuation guarantee (SG) to recreation leave loading, which then prompted ...

Crackdown on SAN misuse continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
A fourth tax agent has been deregistered for misusing an SMSF Auditor Number (SAN) as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continues its crackdown on SAN misuse. Following a referral from the ATO in relation to identified SAN misuse, the Tax Practitioners ...

Ask and you shall receive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... for the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) reveals that 98% of applications received by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have been paid out by funds. The prudential regulator said that as at October 18, 98% of the applications received since ...

BOQ expects to back pay $11m in SG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... already accounted for $2.4 million of superannuation owed to employees that has been forwarded to the Australian Taxation Office. BOQ told the ASX that it made an additional $8.6 million provision as the matter is still under investigation and "further ...

ASIC puts SMSF auditors on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... the auditor's registration. The information about the auditor misconduct was referred to ASIC by the Australian Taxation Office who work together as co-regulators of SMSF auditors.