Articles by Krystine Lumanta

Accounting

Accountants must bullet-proof business

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Accountants need to take action to ensure their practices are able to cope with the “rising tide” of industry challenges, an industry executive has warned.

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Management

SMSFs parked in subpar savings accounts, TDs

A recent analysis of 37 savings accounts and 29 term deposits available to SMSFs has found the difference in unconditional savings interest rates offered by banks can be as high as 2.10 per cent, meaning SMSFs are losing out on thousands of dollars in interest savings every year.

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Business News

SMSFA tips continued positive ATO partnership

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The SMSF Association is looking forward to continuing its successful strategic partnership with the ATO following the announcement Kasey Macfarlane is moving on from her role as the tax office’s SMSF segment assistant commissioner. 

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Accounting

Accountants can’t ignore FASEA repercussions

Accounting firms must ensure their financial planner partners, referral arrangements and in-house advisers will meet the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) requirements, and also consider the wider impact of the incoming education framework.

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Features

SMSF Awards 2017: Listed investment company winner

Argo Investments managing director Jason Beddow says it is his fund’s “pretty simple story” that is a winner with advisers and their SMSF client

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Succession Planning

Start business succession dialogue ASAP

Advisers and accountants should commence conversations about business succession much earlier in the cycle in order to implement and execute the transition and their wishes as intended.

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Investments

Investors begin exploring offshore options

Australian investors are expected to continue reducing their cash and property exposures this year in order to include offshore investment opportunities in their portfolios, according to Citi Australia.

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Regulation

TPB defines inadequate outsourcing risks

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has warned registered tax practitioners that inadequate procedures and policies in relation to their outsourcing or offshoring arrangements could breach its Code of Professional Conduct.

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Compliance

TPB defines inadequate outsourcing risks

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has warned registered tax practitioners that inadequate procedures and policies in relation to their outsourcing or offshoring arrangements could breach its Code of Professional Conduct.

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Compliance

SMSF trust deeds obsolete

SMSF trust deeds in their current form are obsolete and should instead enable tailoring and flexibility as certain funds face ambiguous enduring power of attorney (EPOA) and binding death benefit nomination (BDBN) issues, an industry lawyer has said.

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