ATO reveals 70 per cent of superannuation fund members hit by ECT problems last financial year would have received refunds under the new regime....
The Auditor-General has warned that the ATO's interpretive decisions on SMSFs carry less legal weight than interpretive decisions on tax matters....
The dust has well and truly settled on the Federal Budget but, as Liz Westover writes, the Government needs to accept that its actions have served to confuse Australians ...
The Financial Services Council is concerned about how monies levied to fund SuperStream will be spent....
The time has come for a total rethink about how investors are looked after when there is a 'Trio Capital', according to SPAA's Peter Burgess....
Treasury officials are continuing to apportion blame to financial planners for some Trio Capital losses....
The benefits associated with utilising a self-managed super fund come with legal responsibilities and getting it wrong can be criminal, warns Matthew McKee....
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia has welcomed an Australian Taxation Office ruling clarifying the status of borrowing arrangements around single assets....
Product providers should be responsible for funding a last resort compensation scheme, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia....
One of the headline announcements in the 2012-13 Federal Budget affecting SMSFs was regarding contribution caps. Dan Butler and Nathan Papson explore this announcement, a...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has prosecuted more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences so far this financial year....
MLC's Gemma Dale outlines the issues financial advisers need to consider before and after 30 June to help clients maximise opportunities and avoid costly mistakes....
The Australian Taxation Office has warned individuals and businesses who use New Zealand foreign trusts while earning their income from Australia that such arrangements a...
The ATO has been warned some superannuation funds will struggle to be ready to meet changes in rollover requirements....
The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association has acknowledged it had been lobbying for the two-year delay in the commencement data of the concessional contribut...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...