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Financial planning
The various committees within the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have outlined their policy priorities for the 2009-10 financial year. The following...
Financial planning
Deborah Wixted outlines the raft of changes the 2009 Federal Budget has introduced in taxation, superannuation and social security....
Financial planning
Recent adverse publicity surrounding managed investment schemes has resulted in some companies, including Kimberley Timber, withdrawing their offerings from the market....
Financial planning
Investors in recent Timbercorp managed investment schemes would have to pay back all their tax deductions if they sell their crop, a taxation expert has warned....
Superannuation
MARTIN MURDEN removes some of the uncertainty surrounding superannuants' eligibility to draw on their super....
Financial planning
Nearly a third of Australia's micro-businesses are carrying a tax debt and, more broadly, billions of dollars are now owed in business debt....
Policy & Regulation
Australian Bight Abalone will be producing a new PDS in July to take advantage of tax breaks being offered to small businesses by the Federal Government....
Financial planning
Businesses with an annual turnover of less than $2 million with an activity statement debt will be offered a twelve month general interest charge (GIC) free payment arran...
Financial planning
ASFA has succeeded in gaining relief from the requirement to track down temporary residents whose super monies have been transferred to the ATO, a move which will represe...
Editorial
With the Federal Budget having delivered little more than some revenue-oriented tinkering to the financial services environment, a good deal of attention is now being foc...
Superannuation
SAM WALL responds to financial planners’ top queries following the recent Federal Budget....
People & Products
Expands Sydney office, responsible for developing strategic business advice and tax....
Life/Risk
Businesses are being warned against entering into uncommercial insurance arrangements in pursuit of tax deductions....
Financial planning
There was a fair amount of confusion when the concessional contribution caps were introduced in the 2006 Federal Budget, and now it appears the ATO's own systems are misc...
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Government has announced the terms of reference for its latest review of superannuation but has excluded issues being dealt with by the Henry Tax Review....
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