A partner at one of Australia’s leading chartered accounting firms believes the arrest of three men as a result of the cross-agency exercise Project Wickenby highlights t...
Revenue Minister Peter Dutton has dismissed Opposition leader Kim Beazley’s proposed changes to the workings of Australia’s superannuation regime, on the grounds of being...
Information is power and in today’s complex and sophisticated business world our regulators are more often turning to the legislative search and access powers to collect ...
Super choice was introduced in July 2005 to allow Australian’s to make their own decisions about how they want to invest for their retirement. Few argued against the legi...
Queensland Paulownia Forests is planning to buy an additional 550 hectares of land at Forbes in New South Wales to meet anticipated demand for its forestry scheme....
The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...
Year-end tax planning is important for individuals and businesses at all levels. Apart from the traditional approach - that is deferring income and advancing deductions w...
The Federal Opposition is calling for tougher regulation and clearer disclosure of SMSFs following the release of ATO figures on asset values and fees charged in SMSF acc...
Managed investment scheme promoters who exploit the tax system will be open to civil penalties in the Federal Court if a new bill is passed....
The ATO has expressed concern at the continuing use of the term ‘do-it-yourself super’ when referring to self-managed superannuation arguing that it can conjure up inappr...
The Labor Party has indicated it has formulated a plan to make it easier for individuals to recover lost superannuation amounts in response to the ATO estimates that lost...
When planning for a transition to retirement, advisers now have another strategy for consideration. This new opportunity came about when the Federal Government added a ne...
Dale who? He may not be a household name, but as the lead plaintiff in a class action against dealer group Financial Wisdom, he has sent ripples across the financial plan...
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 ...