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Financial planning

The Government has been warned it risks undermining legitimate and well-established financial advice via its plan for the auto-consolidation of low-balance superannuation...

Policy & Regulation

All 2018 tax returns will be made via the ATO’s new digital Practitioner Lodgement Service, which will replace the ELS service that has been in place for the past three d...

Financial planning

The Government has sought answers from the Australian Taxation Office regarding its conduct after accusations were levelled at its treatment of small businesses on ABC’s ...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner – small business has sought to reassure small business that the Office is acting in their best interests....

Financial planning

New analysis suggests the Australian Taxation Office’s crack-down on high net worths has created an opportunity for financial planners....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has focused its Bank Executive Accountability Regime on the four big banks, giving smaller institutions an extra year plus more flexibility....

Financial planning

New cryptocurrency rules introduced today will see exchanges of the asset reported to AUSTRAC, making transactions more accessible to the Australian Taxation Office....

Superannuation

SMSF specialist, David Busoli believes the Australian Taxation Office may have been unreasonable in its interpretation of the law on reserve allocations....

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has praised former KPMG partner, Dana Fleming’s appointment as Australian Taxation Office Assistant Commissioner, self-managed superannuation funds, ...

SMSF

An Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner, Kasey Macfarlane, told the SMSF Association Conference that there were no plans to introduce further SMSF reporting ...

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office has given self-managed superannuation funds until 30 June to file their annual returns, acknowledging the extra complexities of transitiona...

Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds performed just as well as Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority-regulated funds in 2015-16 with both reporting returns of 2.9 per c...

Life/Risk

A recent Government report has revealed the degree to which the Australian Taxation Office’s project aimed at encouraging people to declare overseas income boosted the ta...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office has made clear that if it grants ‘key intermediary’ status to financial advisers, it will come with conditions around higher standards and ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has initiated a Treasury review of the rules around superannuation early release including whether superannuation should be accessible to compensat...

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