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Fight the ATO not Govt on MIS tax ruling: Costello

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... up-front tax concessions associated with non-forestry managed investment schemes (MIS) will cause havoc. Treasurer Peter Costello has defended the ruling, emphasising that the decision has been made by the ATO and not the government. "There is a view ...

Salary sacrifice now three times more powerful

Salary sacrifice will become an even more powerful saving tool for Gen-Xers under Costello's latest Budget, allowing those 35 and under the option of saving at least three times more than in previous years. According to MLC, under existing rules, those ...

All is not lost

... government has acknowledged that the $9.7 billion sum could balloon even further and has included a new ruling in the latest Costello budget that will give the ATO more resources to reunite individuals with their lost super. A spokesman from Ausfund ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... Superannuation legislative package stemming from the Federal Budget has been introduced into Parliament. Treasurer Peter Costello said as a result of the reforms, in the vast majority of cases, the 90 per cent of Australians in taxed schemes will have ...

Macq splits the wrap

... super splitting feature in the Macquarie Wrap platform despite reports that other savings strategies introduced in the Costello budget proposal have superceded the benefits of super splitting. David Shirlow, head of Macquarie Technical Services, said ...

Multiple super accounts wasting billions in fees: CHOICE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... it has only recently begun taking active steps to practically address it and has even drawn the ire of Treasurer Peter Costello who has threatened legislative solutions if they did not respond. A major reform in the 2006 Federal Budget is the creation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... industrialisation of many developing economies. The IMF has otherwise expressed its sentiment along with Australian Treasurer Peter Costello that low-income members countries should be allowed increased political voice in the name of better international ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... or May of this year whereas commercial finance has been on the improve since about that time. The Treasurer Mr Peter Costello has warned that the impact of the national drought and the peaking of commodity prices signals a slowing of domestic output ...

Future Fund chair talks about T3 and politics

... proper management of those savings and, in my view, merit should override politics." Former NZ Super Fund chief, Paul Costello, who will be taking on his new role as general manager next month is aware of the unusual position the Future Fund is in compared ...

ASIC welcomes ex-head of ASX

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... appointed commissioner with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The announcement by Treasurer Peter Costello was welcomed by ASIC chairman, Jeffrey Lucy. "Mr D'Aloisio is a highly respected Australian and brings a strong business ...