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Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... only part of the solution." Other solutions to address the fiscal shortfall are to significantly extend the superannuation tax concessions cuts beyond what was announced in the Budget, argue the Unions, whose voice is expected to carry significant influence ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cuts to superannuation tax concessions are signs of things to come as the government gets on with a program it says will restore fairness to the system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane ...

Another day another inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... as they are being reviewed by the Henry Tax Review. But he said there are anomalies regarding how the flat superannuation tax penalises low income earners, implying that the door is open to review superannuation tax concessions for high income earners. ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... unsustainable, calling for wide-reaching reforms. David Ingles, author of the Australia Institute paper, The Great Superannuation Tax Concession Rort, said the tax benefits given to wealthy people are so extreme that it would be cheaper to give them ...

Infrastructure fund beats downturn

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... cent over a five year average. The fund's benchmark return is 8.75 per cent per annum after fees and implied superannuation tax. According to TPCG's company secretary, Independent Fund Administrators & Advisers, the fund was first set up to meet the ...

Wickham wins actuary of the year

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... Institute's Tax Reform Task Force, Darren Wickham made a very significant contribution to our many submissions on superannuation tax reform during 2006. "And as convenor of the Institute's Benefit Projections Working Group, he has led the Institute's ...

Ex-Intech CEO joins Deloitte

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... joined Deloitte's superannuation practice. Monaghan's appointment, along with the recruitment of senior Big Four superannuation tax partner, Noelle Kelleher, follow Deloitte's acquisition of actuarial superannuation advisers Buttler Walker and high profile ...

Share performance gap widens after tax

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... unlisted and unlisted property, fixed interest and cash over 10 and 20 year periods. The report accounted for superannuation tax considerations, personal tax rates and the various costs associated with different investments. Over a 10-year period, Australian ...

Govt extends tax exemptions for terminally ill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The Federal Government has extended the superannuation tax exemption given to terminally ill Australians from the previous date of 12 September to the earlier date of 1 July 2007. At present, those under 55 years of age are taxed 20 per cent when they ...

A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... working Australians - regardless of whether they are self-employed or an employee. "While last year's reform of superannuation tax law brought with it a sensible tidy-up of the deduction rules for self-employed people or other non-employees, the time ...