Tag: Kelly O’Dwyer

The Federal Government will appoint former senator Helen Coonan as the inaugural chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), established to provide small businesses and consumers with access to a free, fast and binding dispute resolution service for financial complaints. [Related: New Financial Complaints Authority will improve small businesses access to justice] Minister for […]

The Federal Government is acting to improve the integrity and operation of the business tax system by introducing legislation to close loopholes in the tax consolidation regime that create unintended tax outcomes, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has announced. According to Minister O’Dwyer, the tax consolidation regime, in allowing wholly-owned corporate groups […]

Employers who deny their employees their superannuation entitlements face up to a year in jail under legislation drafted by the Federal Government. According to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, the purpose of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Taxation and Superannuation Guarantee Integrity Measures) Bill 2018 is protect workers’ superannuation entitlements and “modernise” the […]

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will be empowered to report a business’s overdue tax debts to credit reporting bureaus under draft legislation released by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer. The legislation, which – together with explanatory material – is now available for public comment, will require a business to “effectively engage” with […]

Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has pushed through reforms to overhaul the governance of Australia’s $2.3 trillion superannuation system, sparking anger from Industry Super Australia. The new legislation was introduced on Thursday in a bid to “deliver a strong and modern superannuation system that is solely focused on delivering outcomes for all Australians who rely […]

Company directors will be issued with unique identification numbers as part of Federal Government reforms designed deter and penalise directors who engage in illegal phoenixing activity. The reforms were announced this week by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, who said illegal phoenixing – the stripping and transfer of assets from one company […]

Nationals MP Michael McCormack replaced Kelly O’Dwyer as Minister for Small Business in this week’s ministerial reshuffle, which saw the PM defending his decision to remove the small business portfolio from the cabinet. During a press conference on Monday, where he announced McCormack as the Minister for Small Business in the Treasury Portfolio, Malcolm Turnbull was […]