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Financial planning
A partner at one of Australia’s leading chartered accounting firms believes the arrest of three men as a result of the cross-agency exercise Project Wickenby highlights t...
Financial planning
Revenue Minister Peter Dutton has dismissed Opposition leader Kim Beazley’s proposed changes to the workings of Australia’s superannuation regime, on the grounds of being...
Editorial
Information is power and in today’s complex and sophisticated business world our regulators are more often turning to the legislative search and access powers to collect ...
Financial planning
Super choice was introduced in July 2005 to allow Australian’s to make their own decisions about how they want to invest for their retirement. Few argued against the legi...
Financial planning
Queensland Paulownia Forests is planning to buy an additional 550 hectares of land at Forbes in New South Wales to meet anticipated demand for its forestry scheme....
Superannuation
The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...
Financial planning
Year-end tax planning is important for individuals and businesses at all levels. Apart from the traditional approach - that is deferring income and advancing deductions w...
Superannuation
The Federal Opposition is calling for tougher regulation and clearer disclosure of SMSFs following the release of ATO figures on asset values and fees charged in SMSF acc...
Financial planning
Managed investment scheme promoters who exploit the tax system will be open to civil penalties in the Federal Court if a new bill is passed....
Financial planning
The ATO has expressed concern at the continuing use of the term ‘do-it-yourself super’ when referring to self-managed superannuation arguing that it can conjure up inappr...
Financial planning
The Labor Party has indicated it has formulated a plan to make it easier for individuals to recover lost superannuation amounts in response to the ATO estimates that lost...
Superannuation
When planning for a transition to retirement, advisers now have another strategy for consideration. This new opportunity came about when the Federal Government added a ne...
Financial planning
Dale who? He may not be a household name, but as the lead plaintiff in a class action against dealer group Financial Wisdom, he has sent ripples across the financial plan...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...