Shorten urged to address excess contributions issue amid news that 65,000 were caught last financial year....
New legislation governing how superannuation fund trustees may borrow under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement has left a number of questions unanswered, says Bryce...
Offering individually managed accounts to high-net-worth clients can be a scalable solution for financial advisers, writes Damian Graham....
As Australia's population continues to age, Virginia Harrison looks at the recent developments in the retirement products sector, and asks: is enough being done to addres...
Project Wickenby has raised more that $850 million in tax liabilities and charged 57 people since its inception five years ago....
The ATO believes its Project Wickenby crackdown has succeeded in changing attitudes to tax havens....
Despite the uncertainty created by worldwide regulation and the European sovereign debt crisis, the long-term future for financial stocks is bright, writes Sotiris Boutsi...
The world economy is not expected to experience a double-dip recession, but is likely to hail a new period of low global growth, according to investment experts Paul Tayl...
The Australian Taxation Office has seen more than 360 convictions for tax and superannuation offences in the second quarter of this year....
Deborah Wixted discusses the options for terminally ill clients who want to withdraw their superannuation before preservation age....
The ATO has provided special assistance to Cairns businesses in the wake of the Storm Financial collapse....
The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
Australia compares favourably to other Western nations in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook with stronger growth, lower unemployment and much lower debt....
Small business director James O'Rourke has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail by the NSW District Court for using a scheme to avoid paying tax on his overseas...
Countplus, a subsidiary of Count Financial, has made two further acquisitions of accounting and financial services firms - taking the total number of it acquisitions to 1...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...