ATO

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office has foreshadowed a crack-down on people with wealth and lifestyles that seem unexplained....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has compromised on event-based reporting for self managed superannuation funds, confirming that reporting changes will be deferred until 1 ...

Property

The Government has this week released draft legislation on the improvement of the integrity of GST on property transactions....

Policy & Regulation

The ATO has signalled that SMSF property developments and concessional cap manipulation are on its regulatory radar....

SMSF

The ATO’s Transfer Balance Account Report requirements is overkill, and the ATO has underestimated the amount of data that would be reported, BGL believes....

Superannuation

The ATO has found that there is almost $18 billion of lost super from over 6.3 million accounts....

Superannuation

The superannuation industry has welcomed the Government’s measure to provide the ATO more funding for its SG taskforce to help crackdown on SG non-compliance....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has hit back at erroneous assertions around the implementation of Single Touch Payroll arrangements in new employees’ super fund selection....

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has been warned against hastening too quickly towards the implementation of an online choice regime in circumstances where consumers need e...

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Planning Association claims financial advisers working in the tax arena are ‘invisible’ to the ATO and are being prevented from sufficiently representing th...

Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for greater accountability and a legal fix from the Australian Taxation Office over perpetual technology problems....

Financial planning

The ATO has reported a higher proportion of false negatives for women on SG underpayment because part-time wages are ordinary time earnings, according to an ISA special a...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has defended its technology systems after a services disruption yesterday....

Editorial

Peter Bobbin points to the ‘alternative facts’ being peddled by the Australian Taxation Office with respect to the 2016 Federal Budget changes to superannuation....

People & Products

UBS Asset Management Australia has announced the appointment of Patrick Jung to the position of fixed income specialist....

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