TAXATION

Industry fund MIESF has unbundled withdrawal fees from its administration fees which could add significant costs for some members....

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Funds management

The FSC has opposed further regulation of licensed trustee companies following proposals put forward by CAMAC with regards to charitable trusts....

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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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Superannuation

The Federal Government is updating its super calculator to reflect increases to the SG. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA reflects views of industry by maintaining its opposition to an industry levy to pay for AUSTRAC....

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Superannuation

The Opposition dismisses as “hysterical” the reaction to its decision to extend the phase-in over the SG rise....

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Superannuation

A largely unheralded technical change looks certain to impact more upper income earners on super....

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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 Federal Budget limits fiddling with superannuation settings to the changes it announced in April....

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Financial planning

The Government has sought to use the Federal Budget to close off what it describes as a tax loophole that has allowed investors to indulge in so-called ‘dividend washing’...

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Financial planning

In a move that was flagged ahead of the Budget and will please some sections of the financial services industry, the Government has moved to make deferred lifetime annuit...

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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

SMSF Academy's Aaron Dunn looks at a related party undertaking improvements to a property at no cost, and explains whether increases in the property value constituted a c...

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Funds management

Investors opting for negatively geared direct property are taking a large position on the likely outcome of a single investment despite the risks and up-front losses inhe...

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Financial planning

The expected 2013 Budget cuts to the Public Service may encompass APRA and ASIC....

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