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Tax rules need to be reformed to enable consumers claim for all the costs associated with developing a financial plan, and produce long-term economic benefits, the IPA be...
Financial planning
Tax rules need to be reformed to enable consumers claim for all the costs associated with developing a financial plan, and produce long-term economic benefits, the IPA be...
Financial planning
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand are urging the Government to simplify the arrangements around the tax deductibility of advice fees....
Financial planning
ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell, says the regulator is not yet facing a rush by accountants to be licensed....
Accounting
A Gold Coast accountant will serve an eight month sentence by way of an intensive correction order, after pleading guilty to misleading ASIC....
Accounting
Accountants could work as authorised representatives instead of getting their own AFSL as the licensing deadline of July 2016 approaches....
Accounting
Business models will need to change for accountants to continue to service super sector....
Accounting
Accountants have marked advice as the key to their sustainability, with practice owners confirming they “need to act” on falling profit margins and sluggish growth. ...
Accounting
Former AMP executive, Kath Bowler aims to help accountants navigate the complex licensing regime brought about by the FOFA reforms....
Accounting
Accountants remain confused about the process involved in the uptake of the limited licensing regime but they need to proceed quickly if they want to advise on SMSF, the ...
Financial planning
Accountant, Mervyn Ross Tarrant, has failed to have a seven-year ban from providing financial services overturned by the Federal Court of Australia....
Financial planning
Non-aligned dealer group Capstone has teamed up with peak accountancy body the IPA as the deadline approaches for the removal of the accountants’ exemption next year....
Accounting
Accountants moving to become licensed have been given a generous run but are failing in high numbers when applying for a licence according to a former ASIC licensing spec...
Financial planning
Accounting graduates may prove the “feeding ground” for the evolving financial advice space, according to the head of the AFA. ...
Accounting
A growing number of SMSF accountants have turned their attention to managed funds via the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX’s) mFund offering. ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...