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The Federal government has offered Australia’s plantation forestry managed investment industry a major tax concession in a move that is expected to breath new life into t...

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A Senate committee has called for a renewed crackdown on the promoters of mass marketed tax effective schemes in the latest installment in the long running battle between...

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While it may appear complex and out of reach for some investors margin lending for holds some positive tax benefits. David Shirlow examines how planners and investors can...

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It wasn’t that long ago that news of the Ralph report dominated the financial press. Contentious issues for our industry included the initial consideration of treating co...

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) has joined the chorus of criticism of the Alienation of Personal Services Income (APSI) legislation....

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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 inco...

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Australians would prefer a boost to their superannuation funds to another cut to income taxes, according to a new survey conducted for the Association of Superannuation F...

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New Zealand credit unions may soon follow their Australian counterparts and lose a century old tax exemption....

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New Zealand credit unions may soon follow their Australian counterparts and lose a century old tax exemption....

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High-taxing State governments could be clawing back some of the benefits provided by the Federal Government tax reforms according to Rod Atfield, head of Mercantile Mutua...

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The Investment Savings and Insurance Association (ISI) has claimed a victory following Government amendments to the superannuation funds withdrawal tax, included in the T...

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Investment Data Technologies (IDT) has upgraded its financial planning software suite to ease the burden of recent tax changes for advisers....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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