If residential land in Victoria has been or will be vacant for more than six months in a calendar year, the property owner is ...

There has been a dramatic increase in Australians using their SMSFs to invest in property over the past two to three years, ...

Deciding on shareholders and the number of shareholders is just as important as appointing directors to protect estate assets ...

The importance of correctly allocating monies spent on rental property expenses has been highlighted in a recent private ...

“There is nothing in the regulations differentiating between whether the deceased member’s benefits are an accumulation, ...

Organisations must go beyond recruiting a diverse workforce and embed a culture of inclusion to reap the benefits, according ...

The severe financial risk of the proposed Division 296 tax has been highlighted by one of the sector’s best-known auditors.

ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has cautioned against cold calling and inappropriate super switching, calling it the “worst ...

Even with interest rate cuts, the property investment market is likely to track sideways for a period before there is a ...

Terminal illness insurance payouts will remain unrestricted, non-preserved benefits and will be returned to a normal ...

The ATO is targeting SMSF auditors who continue to defy independence rules, a senior technical specialist has warned. Shelley Banton, head of technical for ASF Audits, said that as part of its risk ...

The ATO has published information on why auditors may issue a qualified audit report when SMSFs use an investment management service organisation. The regulator said SMSFs may hold investments where a ...