ATO

Tools & guides

Catherine Chivers runs through the ATO's new guidelines which seek to clarify safe harbour terms for an SMSF when they structure their LRBAs to comply with arm's length d...

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Financial planning

Industry fund trustees and executives believe SMSFs are not being appropriately regulated by the ATO and should fall under the watch of APRA....

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Funds management

Fund managers need to brace themselves for the ATO’s new tough approach if they choose not to enter the new tax regime for MITs....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government is being urged to upgrade the status of unpaid superannuation guarantee entitlements and include them in the Fair Entitlements Guarantee regime....

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Superannuation

Taxation Commissioner, Chris Jordan, has raised a red flag with respect to related party transactions and $200 audits....

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Financial planning

Tax agency warns of almost inevitable unintended consequences flowing from changes to negative gearing regime....

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Features

Malavika Santhebennur looks at what legislative changes the SMSF sector can expect in 2016 and what remains in limbo in part two of this feature on SMSFs....

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Policy & Regulation

An Administrative Appeal Tribunal has rejected a former tax agent’s case against the Tax Practitioners’ Board for not renewing her registration....

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Superannuation

Membership of SMSFs has topped the one million mark, with the average fund holding more than $1 million, ATO data reveals....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO confirms it has visited seven adviser firms and has obtained more than 5,000 client names from wealth management firms....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO has announced its intention to take a broader digital approach to its services....

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO is reviewing private company partnerships that enable individuals to access business profits without paying ‘top-up’ income tax at their marginal rates of tax....

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Superannuation

Greater cooperation urged between super funds and the ATO amid research revealing super guarantee non-compliance as a $2.5 billion problem....

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Policy & Regulation

ATO warns that tax breaches in one sector will carry broad consequences, including for SMSFs....

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Superannuation

New data released by the Australian Taxation Office suggests concerns about SMSFs and LBRAs may be overblown....

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