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Clearing house legislation reaches Parliament

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... superannuation contributions. The law, should it come to fruition, will provide small business employers relief in their super guarantee duties. Employers can use Medicare Australia as a "hub" to handle their SG contribution processes, for instance. ...

Retirement savings shortfall worsens: IFSA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... the workforce for a period to have a family were particularly exposed. IFSA has renewed calls for an increase in super guarantee to at least 12 per cent from the current 9 per cent. "Almost all of those entering the workforce today and having full careers ...

Super jobs bonanza

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Doyle, director of Hays. Doyle said the super industry is "relatively recession proof" due to fund inflows from the super guarantee. The increase in employment opportunities also extend to the investment sector, where Doyle said there's generally been ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... are being called upon to invest in infrastructure and sustainability initiatives, calls for a reduction in the super guarantee are short-sighted and retrograde," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the peak not-for-profit super fund group the Australian ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... are being called upon to invest in infrastructure and sustainability initiatives, calls for a reduction in the super guarantee are short-sighted and retrograde," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the peak not-for-profit super fund group the Australian ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... present super regime turning in 1986, Macquarie Research Equities head strategist Neale Goldston-Morris said that a super guarantee contributions rise will likely be on the cards as the government moves to combat rising inflation levels. "One of the ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... already a "heavy administration burden". "[Previously] a lot of employers realised they were late and pay the super guarantee not realising they would be hit by the charge and so they ended up paying it twice, so it sounds like a good measure," said ...

Super funds want more

Australia's largest employers and super funds believe increasing the nine per cent Super Guarantee contribution should be a priority for the new Rudd Government, according to a new survey. Eighty-six per cent of the Russell Pulse survey respondents ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... government to government, there'd be no difference from that leading to a reduction of the 15 per cent tax [on super guarantee payments]," he said.

The new government: what it means

... tax free threshold rising from $11,000 to $16,000. In super, CFS expects businesses will have an option to make super guarantee payments into a central "Superannuation Clearing House", to be contracted to the private sector. The current 9 per cent compulsory ...