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Policies can adjust super tax concessions: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... Australia believes there are policies the federal government could implement promptly to adjust superannuation tax concessions. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said lifetime caps on concessional and non-concessional contributions and different tax ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... in need of review, particularly in light of larger balances. "ASFA has long acknowledged that a review of the tax concessions in superannuation, particularly for those with large balances, is needed so that they can be better targeted to those who most ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... executive and managing director Andrea Slattery has called for a more informed debate about the cost of super tax concessions. In a strongly worded media release, Slattery branded the current debate as "misinformed, simplistic and distorted." The comments ...

Tightening of super tax concessions far from guaranteed

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... Heferen has said that while media reports and industry stakeholders seem convinced a government raid on super tax concessions is on the horizon, that outcome is far from guaranteed. Treasury's recent tax expenditure statement showed that super tax concessions ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... Government to share with stakeholders the estimates and assumptions made in calculating the cost of superannuation tax concessions to the Federal Budget. This request has already been made by the SMSF Association but has so far been ignored. "There has ...

Taxpayers Australia supports Board of Tax recommendation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... 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.

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... reveals one third of them may simply be switching how they enter the market so as to take better advantage of the tax concessions that are available for investors. Analysis presented by Digital Finance Analytics' principal Martin North noted that two ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... the transition to retirement less complicated. On the subject of equity, the report stated that superannuation tax concessions were "not well targeted", with "a small minority of members" holding "a high proportion of superannuation assets." The members ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... due to increased reliance on the pension and the creation of a two-tier super system, with inequitable access to tax concessions depending on income." Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended his decision to freeze the SG on ABC's 7.30 last night, saying ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... already frozen the superannuation guarantee for two years. A further freeze would bring significant savings in tax concessions.