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Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax concessions on superannuation will cost the budget around $35 billion in 2013-14 and are projected ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... those for the retail funds only represent a fraction of what the overall institutions spend. According to the Australia Institute, in 2012 CBA's total advertising expenditure was $459 million, while Westpac's was $147 million. In CBA's case, therefore ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... with Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted instead. Concerns about disproportionate effects that would be felt by low income ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... concessions - the mainstay of Australia's universal superannuation system - make them highly inefficient. The Australia Institute's (TAI) recently released study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", reveals that within five years - according ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) has just released a study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", where they reveal that within five years, according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers, the costs of the nation's taxation subsidies will climb ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Association, Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW), Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA), Per Capita and The Australia Institute as members. The association said it intends to improve the functioning of Australia's financial system through the ...

No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Australia Institute's call to introduce a super profits tax on banks has been dismissed by the Coalition, which cites such a tax will only burden customers and investors. The Institute's executive director, Richard Denniss, in an ABC interview recently ...

Super and pensions under attack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... more reports have been released attacking the social inequity of superannuation and age pension rules. The Australia Institute has released a research paper that argues superannuation is a tax rort for wealthy people that severely disadvantages low income ...
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