tax advice

Policy & Regulation

Troubled ASIC faces imposition of external board

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission faces being oversighted by an external board as the Government considers ways of avoiding further controversies such ...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC uncertain whether KPMG’s Shipton tax advice covered options

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has clarified that the regulator only paid for tax advice to its stood-aside chairman, James Shipton, but can’t say w...

Financial planning

Tax advisers held to higher standard with client data

Registered tax advisers have higher obligations regarding the protection of client information that other financial planners, with a legal expert putting the difference d...

Policy & Regulation

Accounting body alleges the ALP misled the public on advice fees

Labor has been accused of spreading “significant misinformation” on accountants’ fees for providing tax advice, with a major industry body saying that its figures on fees...