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Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
The debate on super tax concessions continues as Budget day looms, with superannuation peak body ASFA coming to its defense - but with action group GetUp! joining the fray with an opposing view. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)'s ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... AustralianSuper CEO Ian Silk said yesterday at the AIST's Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane. "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 billion and might cost about $45 billion in a few years time. This is not sustainable in the long ...

MySuper still ontrack despite low license applications

ALEX DUNNIN, LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... applications coincides with a public policy political war between the government and opposition over superannuation tax concessions, stirring fears of a lack of confidence that the MySuper reforms will survive should the Coaloition win government in ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... superannuation that are being discussed for the May budget. SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery opposed suggestions that tax concessions to superannuation will be pared back. During the SPAA national conference gala dinner in Melbourne, Slattery asked SMSF trustees ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that the tax concessions given to the Australian superannuation system are unfair. Mercer's research confirms that current tax concessions on superannuation ...

$18 billion super tax 'honey-pot' by 2020

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... government under current policy settings." Amidst intense speculation over potential changes to superannuation tax concessions that have followed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement of a Federal Election date last week, Brogden also warned politicians ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... respective policy changes that either the Federal Government or the opposition would make, which include revisions of tax concessions. "Continued speculation about changes to tax rates and super arrangements is killing confidence by the day. "The Government ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... body The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) yesterday said that any change to superannuation tax concessions - that the Government made in the upcoming Federal Budget - need to be measured against the core objective of superannuation ...

Super concessions cost $32bn in 2011-12

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The total cost of superannuation tax concessions climbed 10.5% in 2011-12 to reach a record $32.4 billion, according to the just released Tax Expenditures Statements. Superannuation tax concessions account for 29% of the $111 billion of total tax expenditures ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... to reducing complexity within the system. The Government has recently come in for criticism over reports that tax concessions on super will be cut to fund recently announced initiatives and help find savings for a budget surplus.