AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Superannuation

SPAA cites latest ATO data to claim borrowing within SMSFs is not irresponsible....

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Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will take over the running of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House in a bid to reduce the compliance burden employers fac...

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Superannuation

The industry funds-backed AIST says the Financial Systems Inquiry should examine the risk inherent in SMSFs....

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Superannuation

An industry body representing SMSFs has rejected the idea of the sector being regulated by APRA, claiming the current framework is sufficient....

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Superannuation

New survey confirms strong support for a single regulator approach to superannuation....

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People & Products

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) chief executive officer Andrew Conway is taking over as chairman at the Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA)....

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Policy & Regulation

Full Federal Court decision defines extent of ATO’s powers on promoters of tax exploitation schemes....

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Superannuation

SMSF administration platform Class Super has become the first 'SuperStream-ready' SMSF solution, according to its owner Super IP and financial services technology provide...

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Policy & Regulation

Accountants who manage discretionary trusts for clients may be investigated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)....

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Superannuation

Financial planners are already subject to the best interests duty, so any additional requirements with respect to SMSF advice would be redundant, according to the FSC....

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Superannuation

Super IP-owned Class Super has unveiled its SuperStream-ready self-managed super fund (SMSF) software....

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Superannuation

The two major industry super fund lobby groups have issued warnings on the costs of establishing an SMSF....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....

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Superannuation

SMSF regulation should be handed to APRA instead of the ATO, according to a Super Review/Money Management roundtable....

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Editorial

Although tax exemption when selling a person’s main residence is usually a routine matter, things can go badly wrong in some quite unexpected ways, writes Chris Ardagna....

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