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Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... levy as a cost to the Commonwealth arise not because the government is paying the levy, but because Government tax concessions on superannuation cost the budget as the superannuation pie gets larger."

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... thing to come out of the Government's announcements was the confirmation about the treatment of contribution caps, tax concessions and other superannuation-related issues. "Having that certainty reinforced means we can then plan for our clients," he ...

Hands off SMSFs, warns assoc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... into superannuation, triple the proportion of 10 years ago, according to research by Rainmaker. The value of SMSF tax concessions, estimated conservatively by assuming they receive them in proportion to their FUM and contributions, amount to at least ...

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... government is relying on the Henry Tax Review for recommendations regarding changes to the structure of superannuation tax concessions - to act sooner risks undermining government policy initiatives for increasing macroeconomic productivity and tax e ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Henry Tax Review has finalised its recommendations regarding changing to tax expenditures and how superannuation tax concessions are targeted. Other measures already mooted by the Government are to promote employment participation by older Australians ...

Tax breaks no enough: seniors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... body. Michael O'Neill, chief executive at National Seniors, welcomed head of Treasury, Ken Henry's, proposal for tax concessions to encourage older workers to remain in the workforce. However, he warned that a more comprehensive package of measures is ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... presented to Parliament next year on issues such as financial planner fiduciary responsibilities, superannuation tax concessions and the role of regulation, the ramifications could be far reaching. Raising the stakes is Liberal Party Leader Malcolm Turnbull's ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... significant implications in the coming policy fight over the distribution of the $26 billion in superannuation tax concessions. He acknowledged however that there is no straight answer to finding the right balance in these policy debates. But Morgan ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... should be tax breaks for low income earners, a glaring oversight given that the current system offers substantial tax concessions for high income earners - a social inequity that the ongoing super review, the Cooper Review, aims to address. "Low income ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... presented at this week's Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne, the Treasurer said superannuation's tax concessions are too heavily tilted towards high income earners and something needs to be done about it. "Because superannuation contributions ...