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Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Mercer has released a research paper that dismisses claims retirement income funding through superannuation tax concessions favours the wealthy. The paper 'Tax, Super & the Age pension" reported that the total cost of retirement funding per person in ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Swan said lifting the tax-free threshold to $21,000 would free up over one million taxpayers from having to fill in a tax reform. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, also spoke at the forum about ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Superannuation will be up for discussion at the Federal Government's October tax summit raising the spectre of further review, with industry figures asking for stability after a tumultuous few years. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
Fund managers praise the Government's move to align Australia's tax treatment of investment income of foreign funds alongside international practices. The minister for financial services, Bill Shorten said the changes will make it more likely foreign-based ...

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.