30 October 2008 | Charges laid, criminal investigations underway.
30 October 2008 | Loses tax file numbers of more than 3,000 funds.
5 June 2008 | Threat of another rate rise.
5 June 2008 | Three key areas of risk under scrutiny.
8 May 2008 | Tax Commissioner issues alert.
11 April 2008 | Tax commissioner warns against new scheme.
25 March 2008 | New SG bill introduced.
13 March 2008 | Industry problems threaten retirement savings.
20 February 2008 | Accounting network says ATO unable to cope.
2 July 2007 | Brothers in crime sent to jail.
28 June 2007 | The FPA endorses latest protection initiative from the ATO.
12:00 AM | Australian forestry managed investment scheme providers have welcomed changes in this year’s Federal Budget that will allow investors to trade their interests.
3 July 2006 | Abstract Long
19 June 2001 | The Australian Tax Office has admitted it acted too late in disallowing a number of tax schemes according to the Commissioner of Taxation Michael Carmody.
29 May 2001 | The Australian Taxation Office now allows borrowers involved in Macquarie’s Geared Equities Investments (GEI) to obtain tax benefits for 100 per cent of the interest paid on borrowings.
11 May 2001 | Macquarie Bank will roll out a new closed end hedge fund product to retail investors providing it can receive the thumbs up from the Australian Tax Office (ATO).
20 April 2001 | The Financial Planning Association has hit out at the Australian Tax Office over what it says are double standards in regards to Alienation of Personal Services Income (APSI).
3 April 2001 | The Australian Managed Investment Association (AMIA) has called for Australian Tax Office (ATO) commissioner Michael Carmody’s resignation in light of growing anger over revised rulings on tax-effective schemes.
3 April 2001 | The Australian Managed Investment Association (AMIA) has called for ATO commissioner Michael Carmody’s resignation in light of growing anger over revised rulings on tax-effective schemes.
3 April 2001 | The Australian Managed Investment Association (AMIA) has called for ATO commissioner Michael Carmody’s resignation in light of growing anger over revised rulings on tax-effective schemes.
26 March 2001 | The Financial Planning Association has secured a partial victory in its ongoing struggle with the Federal Government and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) regarding the Alienation of Personal Services Income (APSI) legislation.
12:00 AM | Investors in tax-effective schemes are feeling cheated by the Federal Government’s about-turn on its moratorium.
22 February 2001 | Income securities, which exploded onto the market in 1999, have received a knock back from the tax office which says the securities should not be treated as debt for income tax purposes.
14 August 2000 | Close to ten per cent of all small superannuation funds failed to make the choice to become either a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) or a Small APRA Fund (SAF) by the cut off date.
13 April 2000 | To amend or not to amend
That is the question
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the ATO
Or by amendment to quell them
To amend, per chance yet again?
In this time of transition from APRA to ATO, it is appropriate to let Hamlet ask the question: Do we need to amend our trust deeds?