FPA

People & Products

The AFA has appointed Deborah Kent to its board as NSW director, replacing Mark Hoskin....

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Accounting

CPA and ICAA argue against any delay to TASA implementation, claiming it will generate consumer uncertainty....

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Financial planning

FPA points to lack of regulatory information as reason for planner unpreparedness for FOFA. ...

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Financial planning

The FPA has written to all members of Parliament stressing the level of unknowns impacting planners in the TASA bill....

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Accounting

FPA and AFA make last-ditch call for financial planner elements of TASA bill to be removed to allow appropriate review....

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Superannuation

Super contribution cap welcomed for older workers but slug on higher earners is disincentive and adds complexity to system...

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Financial planning

The FPA is calling for Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) amendments to be sent off to a committee and possibly deferred for another six to 12 months, following the tabling of...

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Financial planning

Only the Coalition in the Senate stands between the passage of the legislation enshrining ‘planner’/‘adviser’....

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Policy & Regulation

Govt appears unmoved by industry efforts to extract a further extension of the TASA arrangements....

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Superannuation

Despite comments by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard some weeks ago that “everything was back on the table” when it came to superannuation, the financial services industr...

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Financial planning

The inclusion of specific funding for the Tax Practitioners Board sees the FPA writing to the Government for another extension....

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Superannuation

The FPA is hoping for minimal change around super taxes in this evening’s Budget. ...

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Superannuation

Industry broadly welcomes Government’s decision to include contribution cap rise for over-60s in Budget....

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Financial planning

Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....

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Editorial

With the Federal Budget, end of financial year and Federal Election looming, the financial planning industry is still facing a number of critical legislative loose ends. ...

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