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Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... access to common transactions such as checking superannuation account balances, obtaining fund details, verifying tax file numbers, and changing personal details. It is also built to fit into a fund's website for members wishing to do their transactions ...

Indigenous Australians get fin lit boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... totaling $75.2 million in lost money. "One option to reunite Australian with their lost super accounts is to use tax file numbers to automatically roll together lost accounts, including those of tens of thousands of people here in Cairns," said Senator ...

ATO security blunder sparks review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is issuing more than 3,000 self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees with new tax file numbers and reviewing its security measures after it lost a CD containing highly sensitive trustee information. The tax file numbers ...

Gamers target lost super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... performed a commendable job on linking people with lost super, but a more efficient system would involve using tax file numbers. "My preference is for the government to develop a new system that automatically consolidates people's lost accounts, but ...

AusSuper saves members $15m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... their accounts during 2007/2008 tax year," said Ian Silk, AustralianSuper chief executive. "The non-supply of tax file numbers remains an ongoing problem for the industry as a whole and AustralianSuper is committed to continuing our education and marketing ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and focuses on superannuation, locating lost superannuation, providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits.

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... people to discuss superannuation issues. It focuses on superannuation, locating lost superannuation, providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said the booklet ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
By July this year, ING Australia will allow Employer Super clients to send tax file numbers (TFNs) electronically for employees that select a choice fund. The enhancement to ING's online Clearing House capability ensures employers can transfer contributions ...

CommInsure tracks lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... their lost super. The data-matching initiative aims to expand on the work of the ATO who track lost accounts via Tax File Numbers. The program has been used to conduct the data-matching procedure and mailout to newly identified customers at regular intervals ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...