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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Ahead of the upcoming federal election, Phil Ruthven outlines the more urgent and overdue reforms he believes a true Australian leader should tackle.
Respect for once-admired occupations is in short supply so far in this new century.
The ranking of a cross section of occupations is reve...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
In early April, we asked a range of directors and other experts what they would most like to see in the Federal Government’s May Budget, what they would least like to see and what they expect to see.
FIONA BALFOUR FAICD
Director of Metcash, Salmat and TAL Australia. Cou...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Fiona Baron investigates how companies are bedding down the carbon tax and coping with its compliance requirements.
The introduction of the Federal Government’s carbon tax in July 2012 was bound to be something of an anti-climax.
For directors in particular, once the politics surround...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Brinos Lambrinos reviews the current superannation landscape, and possible near-term changes, to help directors keep up with the Government’s tinkering with how they save for retirement.
Superannuation, while an important issue for taxpayers, is also highly complex, none more so than for...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
Keith De Lacy talks to Tony Featherstone about the deteriorating relationship between government and business in Australia, life after politics and the joys and challenges of being a company director.
A full-time board career is an obvious, orderly, linear progression for many directors a...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2012
Phil Ruthven believes a modest rise in its tax rates could help Australia better fund new initiatives and balance its budgets.
Australia needs and can wear moderately higher taxes to fund new initiatives and balance its budgets, something it hasn’t managed to do for too long.
The nati...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2012
Despite much lobbying, John H C Colvin says a revised Bill, aimed at tackling phoenix company activity, still erodes the rule of law for all directors for any unpaid super entitlements, regardless of their culpability.
Just when you think real progress is being made in the area of directo...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2012
Zilla Efrat investigates the challenges faced in sustaining and harnessing the bounty of Australia’s extraordinary resources boom.
Australia is indeed the lucky country. Not only is it endowed with abundant mineral resources, it is on the doorstep of fast-growing and hungry resource cons...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2012
Poor tax governance can damage the standing of a company, its share price and its directors’ reputations. As regulatory scrutiny increases, Domini Stuart discusses how directors can manage tax risks more effectively.
Seven things a director needs to knowTheo Sakell of Pitcher Partner...
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CDM Article
01 Aug 2010
Phil Ruthven
questions whether Australia needs big taxation reform.
A taxing position
At its inauguration, the then Prime Minister suggested the Henry Review would be one of the most far-reaching and significant developments in a long time. But, of course, it could never have been: the G...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2010
A series of reform proposals could shake up the superannuation industry.
Janine Mace
details those of interest to directors.
A super shake up
Likely super reforms
A higher Superannuation Guarantee rate could affect remuneration practices
Changes in default fund rules could affect c...
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CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
The global financial crisis appears to have blown darker clouds across Queensland than any other state.
Tony Featherstone
investigates the many challenges Sunshine State directors have to navigate as the gloom starts to lift.
Making a comeback
In its latest Business Outlook repor...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2009
Directors are personally liable for unpaid company taxes.
Derek Hilliard
outlines how they can come unstuck by being served a Director Penalty Notice by the Taxation Office.
The low down on DPNs
Directors are often unaware that they are personally liable for unpaid company taxes ...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2009
With the Federal Government focused on infrastructure spending,
Phil Ruthven
examines the size, make-up and adequacy of Australia’s infrastructure.
Australia’s infrastructure
Australia had $6.6 trillion invested in land, buildings, equipment, intellectual property and inventory i...
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CDM Article
01 Aug 2008
Letters to the editor
I had to write in and commend the AICD on the Company Director journal. I still get a great deal out of it and yes, I have lent it out to one friend and he’s since become a member. The journal didn’t seal the deal for him, but it did open the door and upon ...
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CDM Article
01 May 2008
Letters to the Editor
I refer to the article by Professor Bob Baxt ‘Forgiving Director for Insolvent Trading’, (Company Director, February 2008). A cross-appeal has now been filed by the liquidators in Hall v Poolman asserting that it was inappropriate for Justice Palmer to apply any level of exone...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
A pre-Budget push for better tax policy.
Late last year the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, invited business and community groups to submit their ideas for the 2008/09 Federal Budget.
The submission by the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR) is of particular interest to AICD members. AICD i...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2007
Government is big business in a modern economy, but these days more so through taxation than production. Phil Ruthven reports.
The business of government
In the fiscal year ended in June 2007, the revenue of Australia’s three tiers of government was $506 billion or 17.2 per cent of the nation’...
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CDM Article
01 Aug 2007
The Australian Tax Office will formally announce its 2007/08 corporate compliance program for large business in August. But Commissioner of Taxation Michael D’Ascenzo gave a taste of what’s to come at a recent AICD breakfast in Sydney. Here are some pointers.
The taxman commeth
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CDM Article
01 Jun 2007
Most business leaders agreed that the 2007 Federal Budget was economically responsible. However, as Kevin Forde found, there was some disappointment that the government did not announce any significant reforms to company taxes.
Business off: The 2007 budget agenda
Given that this is an electi...