AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) convicted nearly 400 people between 1 July and 30 September for various tax and superannuation offences, with 17 receiving custodial ...

Tools & guides

Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....

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Superannuation

Tim Sanderson explains the importance of understanding member obligations when it comes to SMSFs....

Financial planning

A survey commissioned and paid for by the Australian Taxation Office has revealed the degree to which the Government blundered by tinkering with the superannuation rules ...

Financial planning

Financial planning practice owners should take careful consideration of capital gains tax before selling their businesses, according to HLB Mann Judd Sydney tax partner P...

Financial planning

ASIC has moved against a Queensland man after information gained through the ATO’s Project Wickenby....

Superannuation

The ATO has warned that SMSFs investing in trusts in order to lend to members could face substantial penalties....

Superannuation

The Cooper Review panel may have suggested otherwise, but Mike Taylor writes that the exponential growth in the number of self-managed superannuation funds and the invest...

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Financial planning

The ATO’s coffers have been improved to the tune of over $270 million by data gathered by AUSTRAC....

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Financial planning

David O'Connell examines how personal concessional contributions made by the self-employed from pre-tax income can increase their superannuation benefits and potentially ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has revealed the degree to which compliance activity has escalated with the growth in SMSFs....

Superannuation

An ATO interpretive decision around SMSF borrowings has raised as many questions as it has answered....

Editorial

Stephen Miller outlines some of the key issues to consider when recommending your SMSF clients change fund administrators....

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Superannuation

Further changes to the SMSF registration process will enable more time to assess SMSF trustees and prevent fraudulent activity, according to SPAA....

Financial planning

The Rule of Law Institute of Australia has formally called for a judicial inquiry into the coercive powers utilised by Australia’s financial services regulators, in...

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