GST
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that its industry funding model is helping underwrite the cost of consumer submissions such as those us...
Property
The Government has this week released draft legislation on the improvement of the integrity of GST on property transactions....
Policy & Regulation
The Financial Services Council wants the States to live up to their original GST obligations by removing inefficient taxes, particularly those applying to life insurance....
Policy & Regulation
New legislation introduced by the Turnbull Government yesterday has targeted the removal of a competitive tax advantage for overseas firms amid a push for a modernisation...
Policy & Regulation
The FSC proposed a 22 per cent company tax rate in its tax reform package to boost Australia’s competitiveness while lower tax rates would be paid for by a higher GST....
Financial planning
Sentiment amongst Australia’s company directors has risen to its highest level in two years following the recent appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister....
Life/Risk
The FSC warns that the States are milking the insurance sector for revenue with impacts for under-insurance and that a renegotiation of the GST agreement represents a par...
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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...