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Labour calls for fin services tax reforms

Chris Bowen, Labor's Shadow Assistant Treasurer, has said that a Labor Government would introduce tax reforms to help Australia become the centre of funds management in Asia. Speaking at the Investment & Financial Services Association's (IFSA) annual ...

Corp funds still unfazed by choice: Deloitte

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Corporate funds are still unfazed by super choice even though most confess they will soon need to ramp up their services if they are to survive, according to a Deloitte report. Wayne Walker, Deloitte superannuation partner and author of the study, said ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
Despite complaints from some industry experts that the Budget tax reforms were unaffordable, the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) has released research arguing the proposals will have only a minimal impact on government revenues. "The apparent ...

Tax reform calls often about welfare not tax: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006
... out of it. In an interview yesterday on SKY, Treasurer Peter Costello said that the real debate is not so much about tax reform as it is about reforming welfare payments, particularly the interaction of welfare and tax. "The problems [don't always] come ...

Tax page cull the first step: BCA

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has given the Federal Government a thumbs-up for its decision to slash the number of income tax pages by more than 2,000, but said there is room for more tax reforms. "In one sweep, the number of income tax pages ...

Half of Australian workers ignorant on choice

... government for policy reform and in particular would like to see an increase in the levels of superannuation payable and tax reform through introducing a 'single point' taxation regime for superannuation benefits. "When we released our first survey last ...

Pressure mounts on coalition for tax reform

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... threshold to cover a worker's basic survival needs. The conservative think-tank is the latest contributor to a debate on tax reform ahead of this year's federal election, and joins accountants and business groups in calling for an end to bracket creep. ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Generous tax breaks for property investors were a key driver of the house price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land ...

Government says tax reforms will assist public private partnerships

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2003
Federal tax reforms targeting joint ventures between governments and private investors should ensure benefits go to the parties who bore the economic risk of a project, a business conference was told yesterday. Federal Treasury business income general ...

Trans-Tasman tax changes implemented under CER agreement

... Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, has committed the government to trans-Tasman triangular tax reform, exchanging formal letters with Jim Anderton, the New Zealand Minister for Economic Development. Triangular taxation occurs ...