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SPAA takes aim at $2000 cap on self-education

From SMSF Association

The Federal Government’s decision to cap tax deductions for self-education at $2000 flies in the face of its stated aim to improve professionalism across the financial services sector. The SMSF

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16 Jul 2013

Pension changes a positive for SMSF trustees

From SMSF Association

Changes to how non-reversionary pensions are treated when a pensioner dies will have far-reaching tax implications for self managed super funds. SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) Director, Technical and Professional

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12 Jul 2013

High income families could be in for $1000+ rebate shock at tax time

As the financial year during draws to a close, financial research group CANSTAR warns that some high income families could be in for a nasty tax bill if they have

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06 Jun 2013

Warren Buffett knows that tax rates matter

From Clifford Asness - AQR Capital Management

There are important questions we need to answer about taxes. How progressive or regressive? How should rates vary on different forms of income? How much of fixing our fiscal problems

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19 Dec 2012

Time running out to lodge tax

From Australian Taxation Office

Do your clients prepare their own tax return? If so, they only have a week until the 31 October lodgment deadline. “I urge anyone worried about not meeting the deadline to

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26 Oct 2012

ATO: take care what you declare!

From Australian Taxation Office

So far this tax time the ATO has already stopped 58,000 income tax returns containing suspected over claimed or fraudulent refunds. “Each year our ability to match data gets better,

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21 Sep 2012

Scammers target job seekers

From Australian Taxation Office

So far this year the Australian Taxation Office has received more than 10,000 reports on a wide range of scams including fake job advertisements, emails and bogus phone calls. “One

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29 Aug 2012

SPAA highlights SMSF tax deduction error

From SMSF Association

The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) believes many SMSFs may be under-claiming valuable tax deductions. SPAA Technical Director Peter Burgess says discussions with industry players following the recent release

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26 Jul 2012

New digital resources to help students understand tax and super

From Australian Taxation Office

A new digital resource has been launched to help high school students understand the principles of taxation and superannuation. Developed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), the new Digital Curriculum

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11 Jul 2012

ATO prosecutes 1,500 for tax & superannuation offences

From Australian Taxation Office

The Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) prosecution of more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences sends a clear warning to tax cheats that they can expect to be caught.

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21 May 2012

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