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Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... are being called upon to invest in infrastructure and sustainability initiatives, calls for a reduction in the super guarantee are short-sighted and retrograde," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the peak not-for-profit super fund group the Australian ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... are being called upon to invest in infrastructure and sustainability initiatives, calls for a reduction in the super guarantee are short-sighted and retrograde," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the peak not-for-profit super fund group the Australian ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... present super regime turning in 1986, Macquarie Research Equities head strategist Neale Goldston-Morris said that a super guarantee contributions rise will likely be on the cards as the government moves to combat rising inflation levels. "One of the ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... already a "heavy administration burden". "[Previously] a lot of employers realised they were late and pay the super guarantee not realising they would be hit by the charge and so they ended up paying it twice, so it sounds like a good measure," said ...

Super funds want more

Australia's largest employers and super funds believe increasing the nine per cent Super Guarantee contribution should be a priority for the new Rudd Government, according to a new survey. Eighty-six per cent of the Russell Pulse survey respondents ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... government to government, there'd be no difference from that leading to a reduction of the 15 per cent tax [on super guarantee payments]," he said.

The new government: what it means

... tax free threshold rising from $11,000 to $16,000. In super, CFS expects businesses will have an option to make super guarantee payments into a central "Superannuation Clearing House", to be contracted to the private sector. The current 9 per cent compulsory ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for default super fund selections to be banned because they block consumers from developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

... the norm for saving for retirement should be around 12 per cent of wages, not 9 per cent as currently set by the Super Guarantee." Andrew Barlow, chief executive of online super fund maxsuper, agreed that the move is a "positive step" but said he was ...

ASFA slams proposal to cut super

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... will drastically reduce part-time and contract workers' superannuation savings. The proposal suggests raising the super guarantee exemption threshold from the current $450 a month to $800 a month, meaning those that earn less than $800 would not have ...