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  • Payment of Dividends Corporations Amendment Corporate Reporting Reform Bill 2010

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    11 Jun 2010

    On 9 June 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Hon Chris Bowen MP regarding the test for the payment of dividends included in the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. Pursuant to the Bill companies will need to ensure that amongst other things, t...

  • Submission to Treasury on Discussion Paper Insolvent Trading Safe harbour for reorgan

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    02 Mar 2010

    We are concerned that current laws on insolvent trading sometimes prevent the best stakeholder outcomes from being achieved. They make trading out of insolvency not only extremely risky but they prohibit it for the directors of a company in solvency stress. Each director faces being held personally ...

  • Submission to Treasury on Australias corporate reporting framework

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    03 Feb 2010

    In a submission dated 3 February 2010 AICD provided its comments to Federal Treasury on the exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. AICD supported most of the proposed amendments, although it expressed opposition to changing the current wording of the dir...

  • AICD submission to Senate Economics Committee on termination payments

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    17 Jul 2009

    On 17 July 2009 AICD provided a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee in response to its inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009. The submission outlines AICD’s concerns with the Bill, including the proposed low threshol...

  • Financial Reporting by Unlisted Public Companies

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    17 Aug 2007

    AICD considers that compliance with IFRS imposes an unreasonable burden on many smaller unlisted public companies, often consuming a significant proportion of shareholder funds. Where these companies fall under the current non reporting entity classification, it should remain a matter for relevant s...