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SMSFs are about control not speculation: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
A new survey has found half of all self managed super fund members are aged 55 or younger who want control over their money rather than higher risk. The survey, conducted by research firm Investment Trends for the Investment and Financial Services Association ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... going forward when announced production cuts in the automotive sector shows up in the survey. More strong data. US personal income rose by a higher-than-expected 0.8 per cent in March, personal spending increasing by 0.6 per cent. The stronger than expected ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... this week as the Board of Taxation chairman, Dick Warburton, said such a reduction would stop people channelling personal income into company coffers. Warburton recently co-authored a report comparing Australia's tax income system with international ...

Daily economic update

... taxes on international oil companies. The continued escalation of oil prices has a negative impact on disposable personal income and hurt consumer spending unless offset by increases in wages or debt, wherever net oil-importing country one lives. Then ...

Daily Economic Update

... consumer spending and greater demand for higher wages would follow. These, along with the expected reduction in personal income taxes expected to be announced in the May Budget, would increase pressure on the RBA to lift interest rates. However, household ...

Daily Economic Update

... data indicates otherwise. US personal remains strong rising by 0.9 per cent - a five-month high - in December. Personal income increased by 0.4 per cent. Spending was up 6.2 per cent year-on-year and income rose by 2.1 per cent. With consumers continuing ...

Weekly economic round-up

... program grow. Rising oil prices are a problem for the consumer as demand is inelastic and will reduce disposable personal income. The rebound in energy prices is likely to dampen expected good news on local inflation. The ABS will release the December ...

High income earners take advantage of super surcharge abolition

Following the abolition of the superannuation surcharge for higher income earners and recent reductions in personal income tax, new research from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed more than half of Australians surveyed ...

ASFA strongly argues in favour of a cut in super contributions tax

... this," she said. "Eliminating the standard 15% contributions tax on super would cost approximately $3 billion. A personal income tax cut of $5 per week to a person on average earnings would also cost $3 billion. Removing the contributions tax would result ...

Ai Group study reveals need for new economic reforms

... said. "Continued progress requires a reinvigorated reform agenda in skills and training, business regulation, personal income and corporate taxation, labour markets, industry structures, infrastructure development, R&D and innovation. The government's ...