AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Superannuation

SPAA cites latest ATO data to claim borrowing within SMSFs is not irresponsible....

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will take over the running of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House in a bid to reduce the compliance burden employers fac...

Superannuation

The industry funds-backed AIST says the Financial Systems Inquiry should examine the risk inherent in SMSFs....

Superannuation

An industry body representing SMSFs has rejected the idea of the sector being regulated by APRA, claiming the current framework is sufficient....

Superannuation

New survey confirms strong support for a single regulator approach to superannuation....

People & Products

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) chief executive officer Andrew Conway is taking over as chairman at the Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA)....

Policy & Regulation

Full Federal Court decision defines extent of ATO’s powers on promoters of tax exploitation schemes....

Superannuation

SMSF administration platform Class Super has become the first 'SuperStream-ready' SMSF solution, according to its owner Super IP and financial services technology provide...

Policy & Regulation

Accountants who manage discretionary trusts for clients may be investigated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)....

Superannuation

Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....

Superannuation

Super IP-owned Class Super has unveiled its SuperStream-ready self-managed super fund (SMSF) software....

Superannuation

The two major industry super fund lobby groups have issued warnings on the costs of establishing an SMSF....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

Superannuation

SMSF regulation should be handed to APRA instead of the ATO, according to a Super Review/Money Management roundtable....

Editorial

Although tax exemption when selling a person’s main residence is usually a routine matter, things can go badly wrong in some quite unexpected ways, writes Chris Ardagna....

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