Centrepoint’s Peter Kelly outlines some of the issues that will require the attention of the advice profession – and their possible impacts – in 2014....

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a new campaign to remind small businesses to pay their taxes....

Throughout 2013, ASIC executives repeatedly used AAA Financial Intelligence as an example of how not to run a financial planning dealer group....

Financial planner practices risk hefty fines or even imprisonment if they are caught ‘promoting’ a tax scheme. Jennifer Yeo explains....

There are signs of unwarranted and excessive enthusiasm in the listed investment companies market that could ultimately leave some participants with burnt fingers, writes...

Uncertainty around the taxation of trusts is hampering small business and needs to be resolved by the Federal Government...

Accountants who manage discretionary trusts for clients may be investigated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)....

John Vail and Hiroki Tsujimura outline their assessment of Japan’s economic reforms and the implications these will have for Australian investors. ...

It was probably inevitable that within two months of gaining office and with a minimum of fuss, the Coalition Government has sought to undo some of the last legislative a...

Australians want plenty of notice and a smooth transition when the Government makes any changes to the superannuation system, ASFA reveals....

Complex rules around consolidation and excessive paperwork are immobilising superannuation fund members, a survey has revealed. ...

Australians need to prepare for at least two decades in retirement as life expectancy increases....

Although tax exemption when selling a person’s main residence is usually a routine matter, things can go badly wrong in some quite unexpected ways, writes Chris Ardagna....

Mike Taylor writes that as a former ASIC executive, ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos has managed to spice up the submissions to the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC’s op...