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EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... superannuation- during the first full year of operation from today. Later this month submissions are due for Joe Hockey's Tax White Paper (July 24) and on July 23 submissions are due for proposed changes to superannuation board governance. Financial ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... concessions need to be looked at." The government has agreed to give special consideration to retirement incomes in its Tax White Paper, but it does not guarantee changes in the near future.

Greens strike pension test deal with coalition

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... retirement," Di Natale said. "The government has agreed to give special consideration to retirement incomes in its Tax White Paper, which means we can finally look at superannuation as part of the equation." The deal ensures the federal government passes ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced the submissions deadline for the Tax White Paper will be extended by six weeks to July 24. Hockey said that this was because of the "strong public response" to the whitepaper along with "stakeholder interest in the ...

Retirement income committee to launch in June

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Chris Bowen MP will make keynote speeches at the forum. This announcement follows the release of the Treasury's Tax White Paper and Intergenerational Report, which raise fundamental questions about retirement income, including superannuation tax treatment ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... the AIST asked for the objectives of super to be enshrined in legislation and noted that the soon to be released Tax White Paper will be an opportunity to recommend policy changes in this area. Garcia advocated for the not-for-profit super sector and ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Josh Frydenberg who has inherited five significant policy processes. There will be a broad based tax review - the Tax White Paper, a government policy response to David Murray's Financial System Inquiry, reforms to lift financial adviser competency standards ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... "misinformed, simplistic and distorted." The comments come ahead of the release of the Intergenerational Report and Tax White Paper, both of which are widely expected within the industry to highlight how tax concessions are skewed in favour of high earners. ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... higher taxes and, be poorer. Saving more is an option which superannuation is designed to maximise. This year, the Tax White Paper will investigate how effective this policy has been. Although Australia moved ahead of most OECD nations to implement super ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... who can fund their own retirement, and not miserly for those who cannot." Speaking about the upcoming Treasury tax white paper, Loane noted that tax treatment of super "should be on the agenda, but not in isolation." "We cannot afford to have a narrow ...