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Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... insecure working arrangements or the income threshold; continued underpayment or non-payment of super; and inadequate tax concessions for low-income earners, including some who pay more tax on their super than on their take-home pay. "This reinforces ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... barriers to investing in new asset classes, while keeping high standards of consumer protection; and ensuring super tax concessions are better targeted to support low-income workers and reduce reliance on the Age Pension. SMC is also calling for the ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Institute housing and economic security program director Brendan Coates has slammed the government's superannuation tax concessions, reinforcing his view that the super system is no longer being used to fund retirements. "The concessions available through ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... over $102 million. Rest, meanwhile, previously noted that the bottom 30% of households receive just 4% of super tax concessions. Rest said the LISTO "goes a small way to making super tax arrangements fairer..." "The LISTO is a hugely important measure ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... because I think it is really problematic." However, ASFA believes the tax can effectively ensure fairness in super tax concessions, arguing that the incoming government should commit to maintaining the sustainability of the super system by ensuring tax ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... in retirement. The federal government gives up more than $50 billion a year in poorly targeted superannuation tax concessions. Australians also pay too much in superannuation fees and receive too little guidance on how to use their super in retirement." ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... super contributions. AustralianSuper recommended expanding LISTO to ensure all low-income earners receive "fair tax concessions" on their super, allowing them to benefit from an improved standard of living in retirement. AustralianSuper said expanding ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... inflows and was created to pre-empt the government's proposed $3 million cap to superannuation balances for tax concessions. "Although a global recession is not forecast, we continue to take a balanced approach for our diversified funds, and we remain ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... end their working lives in poverty, compared to 11.1% in Sweden and 3.8% in Norway," he said. "Superannuation tax concessions are designed to encourage people to save and reduce dependency on the Age Pension, they are not designed to be used by the very ...

Treasury flags $23bn in CGT benefits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... unfinished business when it comes to some of the tax measures that we've already announced, multinationals, super tax concessions and the like and that's our focus."