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IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010

... participation rates for older workers. It will also champion further tax reform especially increasing the goods and services tax (GST) that would be offset by removal of more state taxes. The FSC will additionally seek to prevent unnecessary financial ...

AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009

... However, the firm capped the amount financial planners can charge through the product to either a recurring 20 basis points plus GST fee or a one-off $400 plus GST payment. He said the firm is not concerned the lack of commission will affect how many ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE | TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009

... services from insurance premiums. On top of high insurance premiums, the total cost for someone requesting insurance includes GST, the fire services levy and state stamp duty. "It's a process designed to extract the maximum possible in taxes and adds ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009

... mind you, the August 2000 jump was more due to the base effect created by the 10.2 percent drop in retail spending when the GST was first introduced in July 2000. Retail spending increased across the board in December led by a 9.9 per cent spike in sales ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009

... Odds on betting is that, given the economic slowdown, domestic inflation will level off from a 13-year high (excluding the GST-induced distortion in 2000/01) of 5 per cent to around 3.6 per cent in the final quarter of 2008. This is not hard to imagine ...

ETS is upside down

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008

... to buy cheaper goods or imports that don't have these cost imposts. "It would be like the Howard government introducing the GST but only applying it to exports," he said. Carmody said a much more effective model would be to penalise consumption of emissions ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008

... he said. Gailey said the ETS "is the biggest decision the Rudd government will make in its first term. It's bigger than the GST. It's why we need this to be supported by both Houses of Parliament."

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008

... earners. Its inflationary impact would be more devastating, a lesson the country surely learned when the $14,000 home owner post-GST grant fuelled price rises many times higher than the size of the grant. The most useful recommendations from the report ...

Life insurance tax should be abolished: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008

... State nuisance taxes and stamp duties were always intended to be progressively phased out after the passage of the Federal GST/New Tax System legislation." Clive Levinthal, CommInsure general manager of product, said the proposed changes can save tens ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008

... raft of tax reductions, the previous government has been sharing, reduced (albeit only slightly) from 40 to 37 per cent. The GST, despite it being the last decade's major reform focus, only raises 13 per cent while property taxes are only about 5 per ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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