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Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... (SAPTO) so that it is available only to pensioners, and people whose income doesn't qualify them to receive full Age Pension can pay some income tax. It also wants seniors to start paying the Medicare levy when they become liable to pay some income ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... checking insurance (0.6 points higher), opening Transition to Retirement (TTR) accounts (0.7 higher) and locating Age Pension information (0.6 points higher). Corporate governance documents were tough to locate on both industry fund and retail fund websites ...

FSC moves to protect retail super from ALP 'tinkering'

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... superannuation, and hitting retirees hardest, will only erode confidence in the system, leaving more Australians reliant on the Age Pension," Loane said. "The FSC considers that franking credit refunds should continue. They provide substantial support ...

When aged care advice takes an emotional toll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... advisers that couples who own their home can have up to $848,000 of investments and assets and be eligible for a part Age Pension. To be eligible for the full pension singles can have $161,000 and a couple can have $282,000, he explained. For clients ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... of Commonwealth Rent Assistance - worth more than $1,400 a year for a single retiree. It also wants to loosen the Age Pension assets test, saying it could boost retirement incomes for around 20% of retirees today, rising to more than 70% of retirees ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... insurance, the Commission said. Both analyses are "partial" as neither considered the effects of super balance erosion on Age Pension eligibility, it said, adding the fiscal impact of group insurance is "not mechanistic nor straightforward," it said. ...

Downsizer scheme gains ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... part of a clients' tax-free component within super and will be taken into account for determining eligibility for the Age Pension, while the value in a main residence is exempt.

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... household income of less than $100,000 a year and have total assets of less than $387,500 - the lowest threshold for the Age Pension. "If that's good enough for the Government to say that these people should be receiving full support, then that's ...

AI Group pushes back against super gender gap reforms

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... for many women the benefits of a higher superannuation balance on retirement would be "significantly diluted by the age pension assets and income tests." The lobby group's comments come after many in the superannuation industry welcomed Labor's ...

Labor super reforms can reach further heights: Industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... women currently retire with an average of 47% or $85,000 less super than men. Women are also more dependent on the Age Pension than men.