INCOME TAX
Policy & Regulation
Income securities, which exploded onto the market in 1999, have received a knock back from the tax office which says the securities should not be treated as debt for inco...
Financial planning
I remember long ago when I used to sit down and do my taxation in one afternoon. ...
Financial planning
Australians would prefer a boost to their superannuation funds to another cut to income taxes, according to a new survey conducted for the Association of Superannuation F...
Policy & Regulation
Australians would prefer a boost to their superannuation funds to another cut to income taxes, according to a new survey conducted for the Association of Superannuation F...
Financial planning
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark says the Government will push on with plans to establish a dedicated superannuation fund despite no guarantee of majority support...
Superannuation
Australia needs to move away from dependence on lump sum superannuation payouts and into retirement income streams. <B>Kieran Dell</B> examines how new products can help ...
Policy & Regulation
New Zealand credit unions may soon follow their Australian counterparts and lose a century old tax exemption....
Policy & Regulation
New Zealand credit unions may soon follow their Australian counterparts and lose a century old tax exemption....
Financial planning
A national savings summit may sound somewhat grandiose but I believe it is now vital to Australia that the bell should be rung....
Financial planning
IPAC Securities has sold its 50 per cent share of New Zealand Funds Management (NZFM) following a management buyout....
Financial planning
New Zealand’s rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer and the gap between the two is increasing at a rate faster than anywhere else in the world...
Financial planning
The financial services industry is battling CLERP6 legislation which could cost dealers, brokers and advisers hundreds of thousands of dollars each in CGT and stamp duty....
Financial planning
Can salary packaging survive the GST? Julie Bennett investigates. There have been murmurings around the industry that the GST will make salary packaging less attractive...
Financial planning
The Government’s tax reform agenda continues to make all of our lives difficult. Take the new capital gains tax (CGT) rules for example....
Financial planning
<I>To amend or not to amend That is the question Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the ATO Or by amendment to quell them To amend, per cha...
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...