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  1. Agribusiness guide update covers latest tax, legal issues

    Clarke director and head of the firm’s agribusiness legal practice, Peter Slegers, said since the guide was first launched last year it had become essential reading for professional advisers. “The guide offers solutions and guidance to accountants,...

  2. Agreement rule is ‘100A Achille’s heel’

    “A beneficiary’s entitlement has to arise out of a reimbursement agreement,” he said on a webinar devoted to the subject last Friday (24 June). “And the courts have said that reimbursement agreement must occur prior to the present entitlement arising....

  3. Agents regain access to deceased estate data

    mid-August, following the postponement of parliamentary sittings in light of COVID-19, but a resumption of sitting over the last week saw the legislative instrument come into effect from 15 May. The change means the ATO can now legally disclose...

  4. Agent’s tax debts could trigger client audits: ATO

    program targeting tax agents with outstanding tax obligations could trigger ATO client audits, the agency has revealed. Last week, the TPB announced the launch of a debt and lodgment project for tax practitioners who have personal tax debts with no...

  5. Ageing SMSF members trapped in legacy pensions

    income stream or an annuity.” Ms Steed said AET had received almost 50 inquiries about how to manage legacy pensions in the last half of 2019, and that the trustee services company was calling on the government to enact an amnesty allowing pensioners to...

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    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Super
  6. Ageing Aussie business owners ‘put the brakes on innovation’ 

    the sector.” However, CPA Australia said it was not all doom and gloom, with 2022 being Australian firms’ best year in the last five and almost half of all small businesses growing, with 2023 expected to be even better. “It’s understandable that some...

  7. Aged care provider underpaid staff more than $3.5m

    unchecked, which left hardworking employees missing out on their money.” The action against Uniting AgeWell comes after late last year the FWO took action against another aged services organisation - RSL LifeCare Limited - which had underpaid 3,591...

  8. Aged care policy changes tipped in budget

    reviews done in recent times. Aged Care Steps director Louise Biti said there were seven major reviews done on aged care last year, and there are still some reviews in process this year. “The government is yet to release any policies from any of those...

  9. Age for downsizer super scheme to drop to 55

    savings. Anyone over 55 will be able to make downsizer super contributions if tax amendments introduced to Parliament last week are passed and the revised rule could apply as soon as October, according to one superannuation specialist. The reduced age...

  10. AFSA’s positive discrimination makes inroads for female trustees

    to actually hire women, to promote women.” Recent statistics show 40 per cent of trustees coming into the profession in the last two years were women, and “the majority of those leaving the system are men”. “That’s positive in terms of status change the...

  11. AFSA unveils current personal insolvency trends, insights

    debtors, coupled with lower unemployment rates, have led to a dramatic drop in the number of personal insolvencies over the last eight years. Despite the current economic climate and subdued consumer conditions, the Australian Financial Security...

  12. AFSA takes former Mackay Goodwin trustee to Federal Court

    of more than $4 million between 2021–2023. According to AFSA, Leroy was deregistered as a registered trustee last year and was now seeking court action to declare he had breached his duties, was not a fit and proper person to act as a bankruptcy trustee...

  13. AFSA sharpens teeth as personal insolvency numbers rise

    And, addressing the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association national conference on the Gold Coast last week, he called upon the profession to help stamp out “untrustworthy advisers”. “We will not accept those who harm vulnerable...

  14. AFSA puts insolvency practitioners on notice over ‘system misuse’

    noted that AFSA had already taken recent action in this area, including an application it made to the Federal Court last year regarding a personal insolvency agreement it considered to be unreasonable. In its decision in February, the Federal Court set...

  15. AFP unleashes taskforce to chase billions in money laundering

    it said. Recent investigations had revealed one Sydney gang laundered $1 million every hour for three to five hours last year. The AFP said it had uncovered a web of complex arrangements including: Students, foreign nationals and others going from one...

  16. AFP seizes $15.8m from Plutus Payroll founder

    tax and goods and services tax owed to the ATO. The 38-year-old was sentenced to seven years and six months in jail in July last year, with a non-parole period of five years. Mr Anquetil’s confiscated assets can now be sold, with proceeds to be...

  17. AFCA reveals new chair

    Tribunal, to provide a single external dispute resolution service. “Helen has been an exceptional chair of AFCA over the last three years, establishing AFCA as an important national body, helping industry and thousands of consumers to resolve often...

  18. AFCA reports significant drop in inappropriate advice claims

    service had seen a sharp rise in complaints about general insurance in a period that included an earthquake in Victoria last September, followed by catastrophic storms and flooding across southern states last October and in South-East Queensland and...

  19. AFCA receives more than 70,000 financial complaints for 2020–21

    More than 70,000 financial complaints were received over the last 12 months, down by 12 per cent compared with the 2019–20 financial year. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) on Monday revealed that it had received 70,510 financial...

  20. AFCA racks up $1bn in refunds, reappoints CEO

    natural disasters and scams.” This financial year AFCA is on track to receive close to 100,000 complaints, up from 70,000 last year, and almost double the level of its predecessors in their final year of operation. Professor Pollaers said the body had...