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Industry bodies attack SG freeze speculation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... should not bear the cost of short term budget decisions." FSC chief executive Sally Loane said. "Stopping superannuation guarantee payments at 9.5% would be inconsistent with Australia's future needs for savings. It is simply too low to help the majority ...

ISA says 15pct tax rebate no good

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... recent modeling completed by PwC for the Financial Services Council. That modeling showed lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% and pushing a 20% rebate on marginal tax rates for super contributions would have no effect on the federal budget - ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... would be around $16 billion a year," Vamos said. ASFA said with the current legislated settings for the Superannuation Guarantee (SG), expenditure on the Age Pension is projected to reach 3.6% of GDP in 2054/55. In the absence of superannuation savings ...

Equip to pay super contributions during parental leave

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... to walk the talk when it comes to helping close Australia's gender savings gap, announcing it will pay superannuation guarantee contributions in to its employees' super accounts during paid and unpaid parental leave. The decision is based around Equip's ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% and pushing a 20% rebate on marginal tax rates for super contributions would have no effect on the federal budget. This is according to the latest modeling from PwC prepared for the Financial Services Council ...

Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... retirement. Currently, only about 20% of retirees reach that living standard but if there is an increase in the Superannuation Guarantee to at least 12% of wages and we see further voluntary savings by individuals, it should be possible for 50% or more ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Inquiry into the Economic Security for Women in Retirement. In addition to the removal of the $450 monthly superannuation guarantee contribution threshold, the AFA also recommended introducing lifetime super contribution caps for low income earners "and ...

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... options for improving the economic security of women in retirement, including raising and broadening the Superannuation Guarantee, retaining the Low Income Superannuation Contribution Scheme and amending annual contribution caps to enable people with ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... happen, and should they prefer to stay with Vision Super, support them and their employer have their superannuation guarantee payments moved. "We will also offer free super searches, where we will go out and look for any other lost super accounts, and ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
The federal government's Red Tape Repeal Day on Thursday included amendments to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) but the proposed legislation has been rolled over to parliament's final sitting weeks for the year. Under the proposed changes ...