AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Policy & Regulation

Over the 2011-12 financial year, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) successfully prosecuted 2000 individuals and companies for fraud, tax and superannuation offences....

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Superannuation

Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association warns Government against further superannuation tinkering to bolster its promised Budget surplus....

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Superannuation

SMSF specialists will have the opportunity to hear key speakers and themes at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia National SMSF Conference....

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Financial planning

The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...

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Policy & Regulation

The ATO has been urged to treat the provision of advice within super equally across types of funds....

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Superannuation

Institute of Chartered Accountants specialist Liz Westover sees benefits in changed SMSF penalty regime....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees need to understand the constraints with respect to related party loans, write DBA Lawyers principals Bryce Figot and Daniel Butler....

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Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

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Superannuation

SPAA has welcomed the proposed penalty system changes for SMSFs, saying trustees who break the rules will be treated more equitably....

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Superannuation

Treasury has outlined the details of its administrative penalties regime for trustees of SMSFs, which will apply from 1 July, 2013....

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Superannuation

The ATO has recently provided some clarification regarding in-specie contribution of property. Nicholas Ali explains....

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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has confirmed that the income tax amendment period for 'potential' trust beneficiaries is four years....

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Superannuation

SPAA concerned at implications of draft ATO ruling....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has urged the Australian Taxation Office to release the final tax ruling on when a superannuation income stream commences...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned taxpayers to be careful about claiming large input tax credits when acquiring intangible items at grossly inflated values....

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