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Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... wealth industry. The big players are neither up in arms nor full of praise for the Budget, which was headlined by personal tax cuts and a $7.1 billion surplus - Australia's first in 12 years. Industry Super Australia said the changes to voluntary ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... reduced discount of 25%." He says investment ownership structures will become even more important with increased personal tax rates. "If all beneficiaries are in the highest tax bracket, an investment company may be the most tax effective structure to ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate and personal tax cuts and more fiscal largesse that'll send the tide of global economic activity rise even more and lift emerging markets' ...

What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Australia's $2.6 trillion superannuation system, additional funding to the nation's financial services regulators, personal tax cuts and additional pensioner benefits are the major talking points of Budget 2018. The 2018 Budget is arguably structured ...

Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Personal tax cuts were on the top of Treasurer Scott Morrison's five-point list to "strengthen the economy" as he opened his Budget night speech. The Federal Government is proposing middle and lower income earners pay up to $530 less in tax, starting ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... particularly cruel hoax after promising older Australians they would address the crisis." In response to simplifying the personal tax system that proposes abolishing the 37% tax bracket entirely in 2024-25, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen described it as ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
More than half of the respondents in Financial Standard's weekly spot poll said Australia should follow the United States' lead and drop the corporate tax rates to as low as 21%. The US reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Australia's economic scorecard is out. GDP growth has plummeted to 0.3% in the March quarter compared to 1.1% last quarter, leaving economic annual growth at a lackluster 1.7%. Economic growth slowing by one third in past year adds to the pressure piling ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... effective options." Rogan said investment bonds are a flexible option, allowing access to the funds at any time with no personal tax paid on withdrawals if invested for more than 10 years. He also cites the lack of limit as to how much can be invested ...

Investment bonds back in favour: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... any beneficiary can be there, whether it is an individual or a trust, it goes to them tax effectively, without any personal tax liability and outside of the estate. You can very much isolate money so it doesn't have to wait to go through an estate." ...