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Only 6% of Australians are looking to top up their superannuation with their income tax cut money, indicating those that needed to access their super early used it as a w...

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Tools & guides

John Ciacciarelli explores the tax implications of running a small business and the relief measures available to help business owners with the costs....

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Tools & guides

Use of tax-effective strategies can be one of the most important ways that advisers can add value for their clients beyond advice, writes Tanya Hoshek....

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Financial planning

Focus on avoiding behavioural mistakes and tax-effective investment are among ways that financial advisers help their clients to boost their portfolios, according to Russ...

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Financial planning

As expected, the Government has moved to bring forward by two years its promised Stage Two Income Tax cuts....

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Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has been funded to extend its targeting of serious and organised crime in tax and superannuation for another two years....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has welcomed the Government’s Budget changes to superannuation while others are seeking more detail....

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Superannuation

The superannuation guarantee amnesty is set to to expire today but the severe consequences of non-compliance could drive businesses to insolvency, according to The Tax In...

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Superannuation

SMSF members will not have action taken against them by the Australian Taxation Office for reducing real property rent for tenants who have been financially impacted by C...

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Financial planning

The Tax Practitioners Board’s public register will now include details of practitioners who had been sanctioned for misconduct....

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Tools & guides

David Barrett looks at the complexity of the tax (financial) advice regime....

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Tools & guides

Linda Bruce looks at receiving income jointly as co-owners of an investment and its impact on assessable income....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has recommended a limited advisory role for the Tax Practitioners Board in the advice space while, at the same time, pointing to maj...

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Financial planning

Registered tax agent, Nigel Bradshaw, has been sentenced to a one-year jail term after he was caught stealing refunds from clients....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has urged the Government to make financial advice tax-deductible if it is provided by ‘registered financial planners’....

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