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Taxman fee for DIY funds trebles

... treble from $45 to $150 as part of the government's proposed superannuation reforms, effective 1 July 2007. The 'supervisory levy' increase of $105 per year will be used to give the ATO more money to monitor and supervise the sector, which is growing ...

Govt supervisory levy revenue to jump 3 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
The government has announced the new supervisory levy rates that will apply to entities that wish to operate under APRA and ASIC jurisdiction. The rates will be similar to those that applied last year, said Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

SG not a tax: Tax Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... superannuation in any way. "Putting money into superannuation is a very effective investment," they said. In including the Medicare levy in the taxation calculations, the authors of the report did acknowledge that as a tax though how they treated other ...

Pam McAlister joins the Greenfields team

... Pam McAlister has agreed to become a principal on the Melbourne-based Greenfields Financial Services Lawyers team. Daniel Levy, principal at Greenfields, is very positive about what McAlister's appointment, effective 3 April, will offer the firm. "She's ...

Suggestions grow on how to improve under 40s savings

... voluntary superannuation contributions above the employers compulsory 9 per cent covered by the superannuation guarantee levy. Tower Australia chief executive investments Grahame Evans says, "For people under 40, meeting the mortgage and other living ...

Super fund repays financial assistance

... that the Commonwealth can reduce the burden of financial assistance levies on average fund members." The Finance Assistance Levy payable by all APRA-regulated superannuation funds will now be reduced for the 2005/06 year as a result of the grant repa ...

STA urges employees to check super contributions

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2005
... received any payment at all." Delaney says that although employers were still under the obligation to pay the super guarantee levy quarterly, there was no such obligation to report the fact to their employees. He says the potential for super to get lost ...

Investec appoints new chief executive

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2004
... that Brian has agreed to join us. His skills and experience will be very valuable to us going forward,\" Gonski said. Geoff Levy will take over from Gonski as chairman on 1 January next year.

Business puts competitiveness before national security, survey shows

... Treasurer Peter Costello. Availability of skilled workers (39.8%), personal tax levels (39.7%), the superannuation guarantee levy (33.6%) and company tax levels (31.8%) were also ranked by business as major concerns. But just 6.6% said national security ...

NSW government to run $300 million deficit in 2004-2005

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... deficit of approximately $300 million in 2004-2005, Treasurer Michael Egan said today. Egan also announced a 2.25% stamp duty levy on the sale of properties, except for farms and principle residences. Overall, the treasurer said $365 million would be ...