AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Policy & Regulation

Australians are being warned to think twice before attempting to evade their tax liabilities following the announcement of a new taskforce targeting international tax eva...

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Funds management

Parliamentary committee warned that Australian family offices will look to invest offshore in the face of threats to their tax confidentiality....

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Accounting

Tax agents are resisting the ATO’s push for taxpayers to use its online myTax service this tax season....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO has reaffirmed its ruling that the anti-avoidance rule for income tax did not apply to a personal services business paying a related employee super in excess of m...

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Policy & Regulation

John Emerson has been appointed deputy chair of the Board of Taxation, and will joined by Karen Payne, Neville Mitchell, and Ann-Maree Wolff who has been appointed as boa...

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Superannuation

Women need more super than men, says ATO...

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As accountants look to move into the adviser space and attain licences to advise on self-managed super funds, Malavika Santhebennur looks at the challenges and opportunit...

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Superannuation

As accountants look to move into the adviser space and attain licences to advise on self-managed super funds, Malavika Santhebennur looks at the challenges and opportunit...

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Financial planning

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand are urging the Government to simplify the arrangements around the tax deductibility of advice fees....

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Superannuation

Billions of dollars are still being funnelled into SMSFs from traditional super vehicles annually, which should put an end to speculation that the SMSF sector is in decli...

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Superannuation

Almost half of all working Australians have more than one superannuation account, and they pay $532 a year in fees per account....

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Superannuation

New legislation means the Western Australian public sector superannuation funds will see its lost and unclaimed money moved to the ATO....

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Financial planning

ASIC has been told the ATO is on the right track with its ‘digital by default’ approach. ...

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Financial planning

SPAA chief executive, Andrea Slattery, says SMSF trustees should feel comforted by the level of regulatory scrutiny the sector receives....

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Superannuation

Recently introduced penalties are ensuring fewer SMSFs are falling foul of the law, however, there has been a spike in borrowing breaches, new research reveals....

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