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. ...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Accounting was the fastest-moving profession in the last quarter with external auditors taking out the top spot for job vacancies, according to the latest figures from SE...