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Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...

IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... institutions spanning superannuation, life insurance and investment. But it wants a mandate to speak out on more issues, from tax reform to government macroeconomic policy, population and national infrastructure. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... vehicles sales data for May. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry speaks at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia tax reform conference in Sydney. In companies news, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Melbourne. Telstra ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... vehicles sales data for May. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry speaks at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia tax reform conference in Sydney. In companies news, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Melbourne. Telstra ...

SG lift costs super $700bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... celebrations over winning their battle for more SG would be more subdued if they factored in how the Henry Review's original tax reform proposals would have added an extra $700 billion to their coffers, reveals new research by Rainmaker. According to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... Monday that the federal government's proposed resources super profits tax must apply only to new investments and any tax reform should not disadvantage the resources industry relative to other industries.

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan released ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... imputation - all took more than 10 years to be implemented," said Dare. "Recent experience suggests that significant tax reform of any kind attracts a lot of political attention. Not all tax reform gets through the political bearpit and what does is ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Treasurer Wayne Swan has foreshadowed major tax reforms to make superannuation fairer. In a major speech titled Tax Reform for Australia's Future presented at this week's Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne, the Treasurer said superannuation's ...

Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... protect incumbency. Speaking yesterday at the Committee for Economic Development (CEDA), Dr Henry said, "Successful tax reform is not just about increasing GDP or revenue, or making the system easier to understand, or more sustainable, or fairer, or ...