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  1. AFCA helps small business reclaim $23m, disputes up 9%

    is surprised by a fall in complaints over business loans. Small businesses made almost 4,000 complaints to AFCA in the last financial year, up 9 per cent, and won more than $23 million in compensation and refunds, the authority says. Disputes over...

  2. AFCA extends legacy complaints to 2008

    Small businesses harmed by financial misconduct over the last decade have been urged to lodge a complaint with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority after ASIC approved the legacy change. The corporate regulator has approved changes to the...

  3. Advocacy group pushes for tax changes to improve worker shortages

    the workforce, specifically pensioners, veterans, and students on the Youth Allowance,” said Mr Davidson. In November last year, the federal government made permanent minor changes to the pension work bonus. “These reforms only allow age pensioners and...

  4. Advisory is for EVERY client

    online software such as Cash Flow Story, the process simplifies right down to the following: Get a copy of your client's last two sets of accounts Input the three most recent years into Cash Flow Story Email your client their Power of One directly out...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Content Partner
    • Category: Business
  5. Advising an ASX listed company? 5 tips you need to know about non-bank funding

    funding is likely to meet your business needs in an ever-changing environment. 1: Unique loan structure and flexibility The last 5 years has seen traditional banks shifting towards tighter lending criteria, thus triggering the rise of non-bank lenders...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: ORB Alternative
    • Category: Business
  6. Advisers warned on tax traps with family trust beneficiaries: CGW

    pitfalls that can arise for advisers with family discretionary trusts. Speaking at the CGW annual adviser conference last week, Walrut and Silcock said the process of determining the beneficiaries and their obligations in trust deeds could often pose...

  7. Advisers warned on liability risks with DIN process

    should update their procedures for setting up companies now to avoid hefty penalties, said an industry law firm. In June last year, the government passed laws introducing the requirement for all directors of a company in Australia to have a director...

  8. Advisers urged to proactively engage on TPRS awareness

    said awareness among clients continue to be low, an observation similarly shared by Direct Management director Diane Lucas last year. “Well, this is still an area wherein clients don’t realise they have an obligation, so we do appreciate the lists that...

  9. Advisers must prepare for TBC indexation

    are expected to be released at the end of January. However, as ATO deputy commissioner James O’Halloran explained in August last year, once indexation occurred, there would no longer be a single TBC applying to all super fund members, meaning each would...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Sarah Kendell
    • Category: Business
  10. Advisers brace for 'relaunch' of R&D tax incentive

    with research organisations and universities — there will be additional benefits undertaking R&D with those bodies. “And the last one is better administration — this is something the adviser body group has been asking for quite a while and claimants...

  11. Adviser review meets mixed response

    reforms. We’re disappointed that these are excluded in the terms of reference.” The final terms of the review, released late last week, will investigate whether there are opportunities to streamline and simplify regulatory compliance to reduce costs and...

  12. Advice, tax group makes WA acquisition

    the issuance of $956,000 of shares in the company at an issue price of $0.15 per share (a 25 per cent premium to the last closing price, and reflecting the 90-day VWAP) for a total of 6.37 million shares; and the issuance of a two-year interest-free...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  13. Advice regulation predicted to see ‘significant change’ this year

    of experienced advisers, so that advisers with 10 or more years of full-time experience as a financial adviser in the last 12 years only need to complete a tertiary level unit of the Code of Ethics in order to continue providing financial advice....

  14. Advice network eyes accounting firms with latest appointment

    skills and experience highlight the network’s focus on growth in the financial advice space since being bought by CountPlus last year. “For some time now, we have been talking about our commitment to growth at a time when other players have been leaving...

  15. Advice gap grows as accountants reconsider service offerings due to regulatory burden

    of alignment for continuing professional development (CPD) requirements is adding to the regulatory burden. “In December last year, I calculated that I had completed 250 hours of CPD in 12 months, but I still hadn’t ticked off all of the requirements,”...

  16. Admin penalties for super contraventions to spike under Labor

    trustees will receive higher administrative penalties in the event of a contravention. The Labor Party’s costings, released last week, shows the opposition intends to increase penalty units from $210 to $300. Labor projects this will raise $53 million...

  17. Addressing the discrepancy: Why supporting women in accounting is paramount for the profession

    firm. “I would like to see more accounting firms embracing this approach. “There has been a significant improvement over the last decade. But more flexibility is required.” To address gender equality in the accounting industry, Intuit QuickBooks has...

  18. Addressing The Advice Gap Paradox

    are considering a relationship with a financial expert instead, however, investment advice isn’t easy to do well. The last thing accountants want is to refer clients to a financial planning firm that could damage valuable relationships. Accountants face...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Chris Brycki, Stockspot
    • Category: Business
  19. Additional rules surface with stapled structures clampdown

    the extension of the scope of the non-arm’s length income rule and to introduce a concessional cross-staple rent cap. Late last month, the government released exposure draft for Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Foreigners Pay Their Fair Share of Tax...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  20. Acquisition-hungry Count buys Canberra accounting boutique

    deals included the purchase of accounting boutique Affinia for $3.4 million in May and Addvantage for an undisclosed sum last year. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, insolvency firm Cathro & Partners also announced expansion plans by opening a Melbourne office...