Tax Talks

64 | Code Of Professional Conduct

The Code of Professional Conduct affects us all. Here is Ian Taylor, the Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board, with the details.

63 | SMSF Performance

In April 2018 the Australian Productivity Commission published their draft report "Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness". The report mainly focused on APRA funds but also touched on SMSF performance. And these comments about SMSF performance caused an outcry in the SMSF industry.

62 | Electronic Signatures

What is legally valid when signed electronically? Christine Ecob and Georgina Xiradis of JWS will walk you through the legal framework.

61 | Property Depreciation

The rules around property depreciation are confusing at the best of times. Bradley Beer of BMT will walk you through the ifs and whens of property depreciation.

60 | SMSF Adviser May 2018 Update

Miranda Brownlee writes for SMSF Adviser and covers over 20 stories a week, all about SMSF. We asked Miranda what happened in May. Here is what we learned.

59 | Register As A Tax Practitioner

How does one register as a tax practitioner? Here is Ian Taylor, the Chair of the TPB to walk you through the process.

58 | The Story Of McLowd

The story of McLowd starts like many other successful start-ups. McLowd was born out of an attempt to "scratch its own itch". Ashley Porter was there.

57 | Event-Based Reporting

If you have SMSFs as clients, you probably have done some event-based reporting over the last few weeks, where you reported the transfer balances as of 30 June 2018. How did you go? We found it much easier than we had expected.

56 | Acknowledgement Of Trust

When do you need an acknowledgement of trust in an SMSF? Heide Robson will talk you through different scenarios re compliance with s52(2)(g) of the SIS Act.

55 | Tax Practitioners Board

Do you know what the TPB actually does, how it is structured and financed? We didn't. So we asked Ian Taylor, Chair of the TPB. Here is his answer.