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Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
Treasury is tightening the rules around capital gains tax (CGT) to ensure foreign residents pay their fair share of tax in Australia. The draft law broadens and clarifies the definition of Taxable Australian Real Property (TARP) and introduces a definition ...

SMSF Adviser Network shuts its doors, 85 advisers vanish from FAR

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... advice on SMSF establishments and classes of product, but not specific products, under authorisation provided by the National Tax & Accountants' Association's (NTAA) Australian financial services licence (AFSL). According to Padua WealthData ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... current form of the regulation raises several practical and fairness concerns. "Treasury should revisit these rules, so the tax outcome is more timely, workable and aligned with the person who ultimately receives the benefit," Sheary said. "Our submission ...

Treasury opens CSLR funding, sustainability consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... post-implementation review, it still has no credible plan to stabilise the scheme. Once again Labor's solution is a bigger tax," he said at the time. Mulino said the three-tier waterfall would provide a consistent and repeatable mechanism for allocating ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... can work together to provide the solutions Australians need. "You've got an underlying fund manager, you've got the tax wrap, which is the investment bond, and you get the adviser that's providing the advice. And you've also got the managed ...

TPB consults on AI usage rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has proposed new artificial intelligence (AI) usage rules for tax practitioners while providing tax agent services. The TPB has released draft guidance and is seeking feedback until April 21. Some of the core obligations ...

Australians lose $13.5bn by delaying retirement switch: HESTA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
Australians missed out on up to $13.5 billion in tax-free investment returns between 2017 and 2025 by not transitioning their super to the retirement phase when they became eligible, HESTA said. HESTA's latest whitepaper Make the move: guiding members ...

Vanguard launches four new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... of VIHY, with a 0.36% management fee. The global technology funds will track the FTSE All-World Technology 300 Capped Net Tax Index, which includes approximately 300 stocks across more than 20 countries. The funds will have exposure to leading technology ...

Soul Patts profit up, returns 9.7%

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... house, has seen its profit increase by more than 600% in the six months to 31 January 2026. Group statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 604.3% to $2.3 billion in the period, driven by one-off items including the Brickworks merger, sell down ...

Law blocking abusers from hiding assets in super enters parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
The government has tabled the Treasury Laws Amendment (The Survivors Law) Bill 2026 in the House of Representatives today which seeks to prevent convicted child sexual abusers from hiding their assets in superannuation to avoid paying compensation to ...