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Reforms aimed at supporting women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... $500,000 will be allowed to make additional concessional contributions to their super and the low income spouse superannuation tax offset will be raised from $10,800 to $37,000. Individuals who have not reached their concessional contributions cap in ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2016/17 budget has taken an axe to generous superannuation tax concessions in a bid to promote a fairer system for all. The concessional contribution cap has been lowered to $25,000, a ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
On the eve of Treasurer Scott Morrison's first budget there is further support to rein in superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy, provided that proceeds fund better retirements for women and lower income earners. Industry Super Australia is ...

KPMG targets super to fix deficit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Superannuation tax concessions should be reduced to fix Australia's ballooning structural deficit, according to global audit, tax and advisory services provider KPMG. The company has specifically recommended that the annual income threshold at which ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... that spruiks $16 billion in budget savings over the next four years through measures including a crackdown on superannuation tax concessions. Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley said Australia cannot have another budget "with ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... target in relation to fiscal sustainability of the system (such as combined taxpayer cost of the age pension and superannuation tax concessions). Extend the Division 293 tax to individuals with an adjusted taxable income of more than the sum of $180,000 ...

Super flagged to repair Australia's budget

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has put forward five options for repairing the federal budget balance by 2018, two of which centre around superannuation taxes. CEDA's first budget repair option includes a progressive super ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top of Labor's superannuation tax policy announced in April last year and Chalmers said the opposition is committed to giving people time to evaluate each ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... McAllister told the conference. On retirement policy, McAllister repeated the line that twice the amount of superannuation tax concessions from government flow to men than to women, despite women clearly needing the most financial support. "Labor has ...

Mercer calls for total retirement income perspective

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... on the government also needs to be addressed in the objectives, claiming that the costs of age pension and superannuation tax concessions must be considered in combination over the longer term. "The cost of super tax concessions to the government is ...