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AIA looks to list

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... announcement that we have reduced our debt to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by $25 billion sends a clear message to taxpayers: AIG continues to make good on its commitment to pay the American people back," said Bob Benmosche, chief executive at ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... administration requirements across its civilian and military schemes. The outsourcing arrangement is expected to save taxpayers $5 million annually. "Outsourcing arrangements are expected to be implemented by July 2011, delivering savings and enabling ...

Big tax reforms on way for super: Tsr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... per cent, the value of concessions on contributions increase as a person earns more income. Less than 2 per cent of taxpayers earn more than $180,000 each year, but they receive a concession worth 31.5 per cent of their contributions," explained the ...

RSL calls for super revamp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... to the indexation of these pensions therefore is not warranted, especially as it would come at a significant cost to taxpayers."

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... and public finances' but not until the recovery has gained a stronger foothold. Pa-lease! Several more thousands of taxpayers' money spent to produce this statement? Haven't they heard of teleconferencing? The there is news that the IMF has upgraded ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... up. Now let's go back to the finger - the middle one. This is Citigroup giving the 'sign' to the US government, the US taxpayers and everyone around the world still grieving over the significant erosion of their wealth. News overnight report that Citigroup ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. But Bloomberg reports that 'JPMorgan ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... revenue. Refining the analysis even further to look at people earning above $150,000 who make up the top 2 per cent of taxpayers, Rainmaker found they pay 22 per cent of personal income tax revenue. What the ideal allocation between income share and ...

GS trounces GM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... bankruptcy? Surely they are as valid now as they were back when its private jet flying CEO first came a begging the US taxpayers for salvation. GS (green shoots) happened is what happened. The financial system survived Bear Sterns, Lehman, Fannie and ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... it is implemented in accordance with the arrangement in that product ruling. Finally the ATO is also cracking down on taxpayers who attempt to claim a capital loss arising from the artificial receipt of an interest in a discretionary trust as a default ...