AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE
Policy & Regulation
Over the 2011-12 financial year, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) successfully prosecuted 2000 individuals and companies for fraud, tax and superannuation offences....
Superannuation
Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association warns Government against further superannuation tinkering to bolster its promised Budget surplus....
Superannuation
SMSF specialists will have the opportunity to hear key speakers and themes at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia National SMSF Conference....
Financial planning
The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...
Policy & Regulation
The ATO has been urged to treat the provision of advice within super equally across types of funds....
Superannuation
Institute of Chartered Accountants specialist Liz Westover sees benefits in changed SMSF penalty regime....
Superannuation
SMSF trustees need to understand the constraints with respect to related party loans, write DBA Lawyers principals Bryce Figot and Daniel Butler....
Superannuation
Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....
Superannuation
SPAA has welcomed the proposed penalty system changes for SMSFs, saying trustees who break the rules will be treated more equitably....
Superannuation
Treasury has outlined the details of its administrative penalties regime for trustees of SMSFs, which will apply from 1 July, 2013....
Superannuation
The ATO has recently provided some clarification regarding in-specie contribution of property. Nicholas Ali explains....
Superannuation
The Australian Taxation Office has confirmed that the income tax amendment period for 'potential' trust beneficiaries is four years....
Superannuation
SPAA concerned at implications of draft ATO ruling....
Superannuation
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has urged the Australian Taxation Office to release the final tax ruling on when a superannuation income stream commences...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned taxpayers to be careful about claiming large input tax credits when acquiring intangible items at grossly inflated values....
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