ASIC warns of shadow shopping scam

ASIC warns of shadow shopping scam

While ASIC carries out genuine consumer research including shadow shop, it has been alerted by legitimate market research firm Shadow Shopper of a scam where cold callers are claiming to be undertaking research on behalf of ASIC. According to the corporate regulator,...
Support swells for scrapping simple tax returns

Support swells for scrapping simple tax returns

Echoing the recommendation of the Henry review, Pitcher Partners managing director Leon Mok believes scrapping tax returns for simple tax affairs would benefit an “overly complex” tax system.“By removing the requirement for a tax return for people with basic tax...
Making cents

Making cents

Arriving in Australia as an 18-year-old refugee from Serbia following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Natasha Janssens had to strike out on her own and make sense of a whole new environment. At the time, she had little interest in the world of finance, choosing...