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Joint submission offers Senate five ways to fix the SMSF property lending ban

2026-09-02

The Auditors Institute Ltd (AIL) and The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) have lodged a joint submission with the Senate Economics Committee on the recent ban on limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) over residentialnproperty. The submission puts…

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Proposed ban on residential property LRBAs is the wrong call

2026-06-24

The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) opposes the Government’s decision to ban new limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) for residential property held inside SMSFs. IFPA notes that this was to get the Greens support for its tax reform package and…

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Australia's $1 Trillion Government: State Debt to Hit $471 Billion as Interest Bill Soars

2026-06-01

Australian governments are collectively spending close to $1 trillion a year and state debt alone is on track to grow by more than $114 billion in just three years, according to analysis in the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia Research Foundation's Tax Policy…

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IFPA Calls for Intergenerational Overhaul of Australia's Broken Tax System

2026-05-25

Peak professional body's President says the 2026-27 Federal Budget has deepened the dysfunction of a tax architecture that has never been fit for purpose — and calls for structural reform, not more complexity The Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) is calling…

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