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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... Sovereign Debt Watch" show. Of course, there's nothing closer to our Australian hearts than the Gillard and Swan tandem disaster levy just so the Budget balance turns positive in two years time (as promised) and their government don't fall foul of big ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

AvSuper takes legal action against big fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... said that the matter is before the courts and Freehills is not in a position to comment. Dispute over redemptions Daniel Levy, principal of Greenfields Financial Services Lawyers, said the super fund, AvSuper, is seeking a declaration from the court ...

Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... and other forms of age discrimination." The NSA said that according to analysis by Treasury any proposed increase in the SG levy would increase government revenue. But rather than debate what the specific SG age limit should be, the NSA said the limit ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Business groups are still resisting the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee levy, with 19 groups signing a declaration that they remain opposed to the increase despite the government's mining tax deal. The declaration was signed last week in Adelaide ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Business groups are continuing to resist the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee levy, with 19 signing a declaration that they remain opposed to the increase despite the government's mining tax deal. The declaration was signed last week in Adelaide ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... federal government has scrapped its controversial 40 per cent tax on the mining industry, replacing it with a 30 per cent levy which will hit a lesser number of companies. The new tax will apply to iron ore and coal projects, and the petroleum resource ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... advocating the spending of someone else's money and agitating the government to break its 2007 election promise not to raise the levy," he added. Meanwhile, claims the RSPT-funded corporate tax cut will cross-subsidise these increased SG wage costs are ...

Mining royalties should go into SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... proposed mining tax, appeared to suggest the Coalition might be more more sympathetic to the restructured mining royalty levy if it was put into a SWF rather than used to bolster recurrent government spending. "If we're going to have this new tax, which ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... profits tax slug on miners, but employer groups say lifting SG by one third will hit them twice as hard. "The superannuation levy increase is the biggest new taxing measure in the Government Response [to the Henry Review] of $20 billion per year, larger ...