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Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... falling short of estimates, it is feared the government will come after the more than $30 billion that the Treasury Tax Expenditure Statement (TES) calculates superannuation costs in concessions. The SMSF Association maintains that the TES is not designed ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... (IGR). As we prepare for the fourth instalment of the IGR, the facts on our narrowing tax base and required future expenditure are staggering. The 2010 IGR shows that the tax base will heavily erode. The ratio of working aged people relative to retired ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 2.6% less on "buildings and structures" and 1.3% lower on "equipment, plant and machinery".... and their expected expenditure for the next fiscal year? "Estimate 1 for 2015-16 is $109,799m. This is 12.4% lower than Estimate 1 for 2014-15." (ABS). Now ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... 5,903. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the December quarter, along with average weekly time earnings for the six months to November. ...

Tightening of super tax concessions far from guaranteed

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... government raid on super tax concessions is on the horizon, that outcome is far from guaranteed. Treasury's recent tax expenditure statement showed that super tax concessions cost the Budget billions of dollars, but Heferen, who is revenue group executive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... per cent fall in half year profit to $US4.3 billion, as it lifted its dividend and outlined further reductions in expenditure in the coming two years. Other miners were mixed, with Rio Tinto down 61 cents at $63.31 and Fortescue Metals up five cents ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... exchange and reduce the time to market for new products. We expect to manage the program within a total group capital expenditure envelope of $40-50 million per annum."

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... superannuation tax subsidies are still one of the most expensive areas of the Budget. Superannuation costs included in the Tax Expenditure statement refer to foregone taxation revenue associated with employer superannuation contributions and the concessional ...

Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... rising compliance costs - which account for 55% of platform development spend on average, up from 51% in 2013 - overall expenditure on new functionality has fallen 22% from the previous year. Despite this, the report notes that adviser satisfaction with ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest lifestyle in retirement. The existing ASFA Retirement ...