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Active fund tax burden costs 4pc of returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... than 4 per cent for the last financial year. The research, conducted using Morningstar data, compared a top marginal taxpayers' after tax returns with average returns from Australia's 15 largest local equity funds. The results showed $500,000 invested ...

Super boomtimes as confidence goes stratospheric

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... inter-generational equity is still a risk. "Even with the super system providing significant private savings, future Australian taxpayers will be supporting a growing number of pensioners at a time when government finances will be tight." Healey said ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... Future Fund since its inception in 2004 describing it as a tax increase because the money was not being returned to taxpayers. The latest wage increase data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis total public ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... lodged their tax electronically which is a 19 per cent increase on last year. The tax office has written to 210,000 taxpayers to express initial concerns of which about 15,000 will be asked to provide additional information. Further, about 13,000 new ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
... lows. While the May Budget income tax cuts should provide some offset, it remains to be seen whether the extra funds in taxpayers pockets is sufficient to encourage property buyers to make a comeback.

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... investments and direct property major drivers of alpha, these appointments should therefore be seen as welcome news for taxpayers who are relying upon Future Fund investment returns to pay a considerable amount of the projected bills for public servants' ...

Future Fund won't be a market burden: Minchin

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2005
... them as to what they should do with it," he said. "Not only would that be grossly irresponsible, it would be unfair to taxpayers and unfair to the board members."

Labor taking with one hand while giving with another; PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2004
... policy package, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Labor has promised tax relief of up to $8 a week for the bulk of taxpayers who earn $52,000 a year or less, plus extra family payments worth up to $130 a week for families who earn between $45,000 ...

BAD tax to be scrapped

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
... agreed the BAD tax would be scrapped across the country from July 1, 2005. Mr Costello said the decision would save taxpayers about $1 billion a year in fees paid on cheques and withdrawals from their bank accounts. The NSW government abolished the BAD ...

Accountants call for $3 billion a year tax cuts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... Australia chief executive Greg Larson said the bill would be covered by the extra revenue generated when wage rises pushed taxpayers into higher tax brackets, or bracket creep. The new thresholds would be linked to inflation. Larson said the recommended ...