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Superannuation CGT & auditor bills passed

Dec 03, 2012

Tags: Chartered Accountant, GST, Pensions, SMSF, Super

On 22 November 2012, Superannuation Laws Amendment (Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Efficiency Measures) Bill 2012 and the Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Bill 2012 were passed by the Senate without amendment.

Competency standards for SMSF auditors?

Nov 29, 2012

Tags: Accountant Sydney, Chartered Accountant, Pensions, Retirement, SMSF, Super

ASIC has released a consultation paper Competency standards for auditors of self-managed superannuation funds (CP 192) on the proposed self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditor competency standards.

Mr Taxman wins research grant

Nov 27, 2012

Tags: Accountant Sydney, Financial Planning, Retirement, SMSF, Super

The Centre For International Finance & Regulation (CIFR) has just announced the funding for the next round of research projects, including one proposal being conducted by Mr Taxman on the monitoring and performance attributes of superannuation funds in Australia.

Car travel involving a family member

Nov 26, 2012

Tags: Deductions, Family, FBT, Personal tax

Where an employee's duties of employment are inherently itinerant in nature, is their journey between home and a work location in their employer's car a 'business journey' as defined in subsection 136(1) of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 (FBTAA) if they transport a family member during part of the journey? We have a look at a recent ATO Interpretative Decision

Rebatable amount of health insurance policy to be capped

Nov 23, 2012

Tags: Accountant Sydney, Budget, Family, Personal tax

The 2012-13 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) proposes that the government's rebate applied to private health insurance will be calculated using commercial premiums as at 1 April 2013 and then indexed annually by the lesser of CPI or the actual increase in commercial premiums. This will be used to determine an individual's private health insurance rebate.
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