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Tax reform cannot be deferred any longer: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... eligible small businesses; continuing to improve proposed new employee share scheme rules for startups; and implementing the Board of Taxation's recent recommendations in relation to debt and equity tax rules. "There are features of our existing tax ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... any financial loss. "The review has examined overall governance structures at Cbus with the reviewers observing that the board could benefit from a further injection of independent directors," Bracks said. "The board has established a sub-committee to ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Superannuation funds are calling for the government to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... earners. SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery has downplayed those concerns, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. One interesting development in the last 12 months is that a number of (predominantly industry) super funds have moved to offer ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... it. So say as many times as you like that the FSI is a "report to government not a report by government," Murray and his board have thrown down one of the biggest and toughest policy reform gauntlets any government has seen in decades. There is no better ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Guarantee contributions are paid. Governance of superannuation funds: Mandate a majority of independent directors on the board of corporate trustees of public offer superannuation funds, including an independent chair; align the director penalty regime ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... advisers with the required skills to perform their role competently," the IPA said in a submission to the Tax Practitioner Board (TPB). The organisation asked that financial advisers providing tax advice should be required to have the same level of Australian ...

SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... fund (SMSF) industry has downplayed concerns that it does not pay enough tax, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. Responding to a front-page article in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Planners registered as tax financial advisers with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will have to undertake at least 200 hours of study covering Australian taxation and commercial law. Advisers who are members or are seeking membership of a professional ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... in the financial sector, so it is critical that APRA maintain its attractiveness as an employer." The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) were also among the regulators that provided statements of intent to Treasury ...