Financial advisers and accountants need to be aware of the rules around treating investors as wholesale clients and how this ...

The SMSF Association and accounting bodies have argued that making the general interest charge non-deductible would ...

Accountants are not required to report breaches where a claim is based solely on hearsay or simple opinions, according to the ...

Following the high-profile decision involving Billabong Surf Clothing co-founder Gordon Merchant’s SMSF, the Tax Office released a decision impact statement (DIS), but the recently updated version ...

Consumer advocacy body Super Consumers Australia has updated its home-owner retirement savings targets, with its modelling putting the figure at $420,000 for couples. Super Consumers said the age ...

The actions of Dixon Advisory parent company E&P Financial and the lack of action from the regulator can’t be ignored, the FAAA has said, but ultimately, it’s on the government to fix the CSLR. In a ...

The SMSF Association has refuted Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ claims that the government undertook “heaps of consultation” on the ...

The FSC has called for a holistic and evidence-based review of the tax and super systems, rather than the “piecemeal tax changes” that have led to poor policy design such as division 296. The ...