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Taxpayers Australia supports Board of Tax recommendation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... inflation into account, so should this threshold." The small business threshold determines businesses' access to capital gains tax concessions, and according to the Board of Tax recommendation there is potential to increase it to $5 million.

FSI calls for tax relief to switch out of legacy products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... to allow investors in out of date products to switch to new and improved products without being whacked with capital gains tax, the Financial System Inquiry has recommended in its final report. It is estimated that approximately 25% of all funds under ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Governments must slash corporate, income and capital gains tax, wind back environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... biases that impair their decision making." A default product, it said, would also save retirees from paying capital gains tax on their lump sum withdrawals, as they currently do. Challenger recommended three possible models for such a default retirement ...

QSuper adds SMSF-style direct investment option

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... funds. Known as Self Invest, QSuper said 'hands-on' investors could potentially save thousands of dollars in capital gains tax payments by using the option. QSuper Self Invest also offers the ability to transfer the underlying assets from an accumulation ...

ATO considers increasing Bitcoin control

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... attract comment from investors interested on crypto-currencies. The regulator has acknowledged that Bitcoin is a capital gains tax (CGT) asset and noted that tax outcomes for gains made will depend on whether the taxpayer holds crypto-currency as a personal ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... [invest in a fund that only gives a] 9 to 10% return? You can be in Asia as a domestic investor and not pay capital gains tax. You've got to get a whole lot of return on an Australian fund just to tax equalise what you would have gained either by investing ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... superannuation, the second largest tax expenditure item was owner occupied housing that amounted to $30 billion in capital gains tax exemptions that apply to a person's main residence. Adding the estimated $15 billion cost of negative gearing on residential ...

AUI investors approve property fund merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... equating to approximately 25% of the FCT's net asset value. They may also have the opportunity to defer any capital gains tax on their investment by opting for scrip for scrip rollover relief. "Investors in the FCT will now continue their exposure to ...