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Deloitte super plan could save budget $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... current tax incentives for super contributions are weighted towards the better off, yet the reformed plan would see a federal budget saving of about $6 billion in 2016-17 alone. "Because this is a change to the taxation of contributions - when the money ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... they are not sustainable. "Tax concessions for superannuation are the fastest growing tax concession in the entire federal budget. "With an aging population, a growing proportion of the population will move into the retirement phase, that is, the phase ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... significant with an increasing number of people living in poverty in retirement and unsustainable fiscal pressure on the Federal Budget." A report by CEDA in April found that as many as 1.5 million Australians live in poverty and the elderly, particularly ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... for the future because inventories will have to be replenish], in federal government spending [also good for the federal budget], and in residential fixed investment". In short, the US economy's firing on nearly all cylinders. The Fed could go ahead ...

CFOs more optimistic in second quarter

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
A momentum shift away from the perceived uncertainty about the federal budget, China and Australia's search for new growth is influencing more positive levels of business confidence. This is one of main findings from Deloitte's second quarter chief ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Age from 55 to 65 will boost end superannuation retirement nest eggs and save about $7 billion per annum in the federal budget by 2055. "Policies which encourage older workforce participation will be needed a^\' the Government's 'Restart' program is ...

Australian Defence Force offered super fund choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... choose. This forms part of legislation introduced by the federal government last month and announced in the 2014-15 federal budget. The legislation establishes a new military superannuation scheme for ADF members and accompanies legislation enabling ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... superannuation tax policy settings." The research shows superannuation is reducing the cost of the Age Pension on the federal budget. Superannuation has also increased savings and reduced the cost of investment which has contributed to economic stability ...

Early release super approvals increasing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... superannuation release also include funeral and palliative and permanent incapacitation among others. This year's federal budget also changed criteria for the terminally ill. The changes include that if medical practitioners say a person is likely to ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Joe before his ailment recurred. Here are the highlights from the source - the NAB Business Survey: "The recent Federal Budget and interest rate cut appears to have had a positive impact on business confidence - which moved up significantly in May - ...