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Financial planning

Count adds new firms to its network while delivering on platform fee reductions, a shorter SOA and new fee disclosure arrangements....

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Financial planning

Although it seems to have been going on forever, the saga of financial planners and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) seems to be finally reaching a crescendo. ...

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ASIC’s SMSF Taskforce has reviewed 100 investor files relating to the establishment of SMSFs in an effort to improve the quality of advice given to investors, it said. ...

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Financial planning

The recent flurry of opinions around making financial planners accountable to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) only continues to fuel more flawed arguments that are not ...

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Policy & Regulation

AFA chief executive, Brad Fox says advice firms are being placed under pressure by the continuing regulatory unknowns around FOFA....

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Financial planning

Financial planners wishing to keep providing advice in areas such as superannuation after 1 July will have to complete a course approved by the Taxation Practitioners Boa...

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Financial planning

The FPA argues that transitional issues and other factors justify delaying implementation of the Tax Agent Services Act until post-election. ...

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Accounting

IPA upgrades its bookkeper designation to take account of BAS agents and the Tax Practitioner Board....

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Editorial

There would have been many in the Australian accounting community who last week breathed a sigh of relief when they read the documents to be dealt with by the APESB at it...

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Accounting

The APESB has agreed on the amended version of the controversial APES230 standard. ...

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Accounting

ASIC has handed a NSW-based accountant a six-year ban from providing financial services following an investigation....

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Financial planning

A securities dealer has volunteered to wind back its operations after an ASIC review found the company had breached conditions of its Australian financial services licenc...

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Accounting

APESB scheduled to deal with amended APES 230 approach on Friday....

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Accounting

APESB board papers deliver APES 230 much closer to FOFA intent. ...

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Accounting

APESB guidance will make accountants not only declare outsourced arrangements but the geographic location of those involved. ...

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