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Financial planning

The ATO's offer of reduced penalties in exchange for the full disclosure of undeclared offshore income will close next week....

Editorial

In a speech addressing the Agribusiness Association of Australia, David Bryant explains why tax-effective managed investment funds are fundamentally flawed and pose a sig...

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Financial planning

ATO outlines clampdown on GST fraud and the cash economy....

Financial planning

Over the last few years Australians have become more generous with donations and gifting to charities. Keat Chew explains why some are taking the extra step of setting up...

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Policy & Regulation

The deadline for the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO's) crackdown on foreign tax havens is fast approaching, with only one month to go before the voluntary disclosure i...

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Financial planning

As the end of the current financial year approaches, Craig Day provides SMSF trustees with some tax tips for the year end - along with the traps to avoid....

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Financial planning

Nearly 500 people were convicted of tax and superannuation offences in the first quarter of 2010 alone....

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Superannuation

ATO offers series of free seminars for people running SMSFs....

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Accounting

Accountants may seek compensation from the ATO as a result of damage to their reputation and bottom lines following problems flowing from the ATO's switch to a new IT sys...

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Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office is requisitioning bank records to enable data matching as part of a crackdown on tax havens....

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Financial planning

The ATO's crackdown on the cash economy has succeeded in extracting an extra $127 million and identifying businesses under stress....

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Superannuation

The National Institute of Accountants has accused the ATO and major superannuation funds of contributing to negativity around SMSFs....

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Financial planning

Stephen Heath explains how a draft ruling by the Australian Taxation Office raises question marks about the long term use of trusts as an effective tax structure for fami...

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Superannuation

A tougher approach by the ATO to excess contributions has prompted SPAA to call for transitional relief....

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Financial planning

The ATO is considering changes to income tax laws that currently provide the Commissioner of Taxation with an unlimited period to make an amendment to a taxpayer's assess...

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