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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 ...

Plum awash with TFNs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Plum Financial Services' campaign to inform clients about the significance of not submitting tax file numbers post-1 July has netted a four-fold rise in submissions over the past few months, according to chief executive, Mike Fitzsimons. The number ...

BT to collect TFNs online

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
BT Financial Solutions is making it easier for customers to provide tax file numbers (TFN) in the lead up to the 1 July super changes by launching an online TFN updating tool. As part of the raft of changes to superannuation to come into effect 1 July ...

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... employer super contributions if disclosure rules were amended so employers could provide super funds with employee tax file numbers, according to Mercer. As part of the new superannuation rules set to come into effect in July 2007, members who have not ...