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Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... there are multiple occasions in which auditors ought to have, if they discharged their duties properly, established that the fraud had been perpetrated on the victims," Chapman said. "Auditors are the gatekeepers to the superannuation system. We rely ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... investment scams. This is part of a pool of $86.5 million package that Chalmers dedicated to combatting scams and online fraud. The majority ($58m) will help establish the National Anti-Scam Centre within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Regulators prioritise emerging areas of risk

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, APRA general manager superannuation Katrina Ellis, ASIC Commissioner Danielle Press and Australian Tax Office (ATO) deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig shared a few areas of focus. Rosenzweig said the ATO has just published ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... Insurance Agency has also increased by $385 million in 2023-24 and 380 additional staff will cost close to $160 million. Fraud and non-compliance will be addressed with $126.3 million in funding, while more than $30 million is being provided to support ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
KPMG has flagged ESG, tax governance, financial crime, adaptive investment operations and regulatory risks as some of its key considerations for the super sector in 2022. According to KPMG's latest Super Insights 2022 report, last year climate change ...

Criminal charges in property investor collapse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... financial advice to retail investors. In 2016, the companies were placed into liquidation with $26 million owing to the Australian Tax Office. Marlborough was charged with 21 counts of trading while insolvent,10 counts of dishonestly using his position ...

Government opens consultation on key advice reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... anticipated annual registration regime and a single disciplinary and registration system for financial advisers who also provide tax (financial) advice services, removing the requirement for tax (financial) advisers to be registered with the Tax Practitioners ...

ATO begins stimulus fraud convictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... the ATO that he had been dishonest in his applications. ATO deputy commissioner Will Day welcomed the conviction, saying fraud against the stimulus measures is fraud against the community, effectively stealing from the pockets of taxpayers at a time ...

ATO targets SMSF fraud

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... against this type of activity. In addition, another aspect of the 'secure front door program' is to protect against identity fraud. "In the SMSF system, identity fraud can involve the use of stolen identities to fraudulently set up a new fund so that ...

Crackdown on ERS scams continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... relation to early release of super," the spokesperson said. "The ATO has extensive integrity measures in place to protect the tax and superannuation systems from fraud, including identity fraud. "Australians can have confidence in the security measures ...
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