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Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... needed to improve the gender super savings gap. "While there seems to be a growing consensus of the need to reform the super tax concessions, the savings made must be redirected towards improving the retirement outcome for women if we want to make the ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... boosting incomes and lifestyle standards in retirement at a relatively low cost to government expenditure. When both super tax concessions and availability of the Age Pension are taken into account, government assistance for retirement income is broadly ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... Adjusting pension policies in particular would need careful calibration and phasing," the IMF report said. Weighing in on super tax concessions, the SMSF Association has called for a "sound method" of assessing tax concessions' total impact, which would ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The financial services industry sees the leadership change as an opportunity for the government to finally issue its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) report and other policy issues that have remained shelved for months. A number of industry ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... because of the Superannuation Guarantee," he added. However, FSI chair David Murray, who launched the report, warned that super tax benefits are very distorted for lower income Australians. He also expressed concern that superannuation had been too politicised ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... the assets test for the Age Pension and change superannuation payments to an after income tax payment, with all other super tax concessions removed. Alternatively, mortgage payments on the family home could be allowed to be made pre-tax," Martin prop ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... and a poorer standard of retirement," Campo said. "Women are also severely disadvantaged by the current structure of super tax concessions. In addition, the abolition in 2017 of the low income super contribution (LISC) rebate will further reduce average ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... lives and will be in a position to retire with adequate savings. "The Government's commitment to no negative changes to super tax, and not touching super in the May Budget has been a welcome reprieve after years of tinkering." She also called on the ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... thing publicly, but preparing to do another privately. "If the Abbott Government truly has nothing to hide on plans to super tax concessions then there should be no problems releasing these documents," Bowen said. "We know the Treasurer originally wanted ...