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ATO on phoenix watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... permanent to casual. They may also notice that there are frequent changes in the identity of the company that is paying their wages, or that their superannuation entitlements are not paid. If you suspect a company you are dealing with is exhibiting any ...

Industry innovation is not coming from within: Sharp

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Payroll (STP) initiative. Sharp said STP has the potential for profound impact on the superannuation sector, as the way wages are paid from 1 July next year becomes more efficient and transparent, with flow-on effects for the payment of Superannuation ...

Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... personal superannuation contributions is only available to people who earn less than 10 per cent of their income from salary or wages. This will help the partially self-employed and those whose employers don't offer salary sacrificing arrangements to ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... easing programme and further Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth programme by investing in companies that increase workers' wages and capital expenditure. The BOJ is restricted to holding 50% of any ETFs, so other buyers will be required to fill the remainder. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... part-time employment accounting for all of the increase over the past two months, providing some explanation for slowing wages growth and supporting calls for further RBA rate reductions. This is supported by the "permanent income hypothesis" that states ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... in the first quarter of this year, representing a slowing from the December 2015 quarter's 0.5% increase. Private sector wages growth slowed to 0.4% in the three months ended March 2016 from 0.5% while those in the public sector remained unchanged at ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... comprises 19 labour market indicators "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". Japan consumer confidence Japanese consumer ...

Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... more competitive company tax rate will "encourage investment, raise productivity, increase GDP and over time raise real wages and living standards." Businesses with a turnover of less than $10 million will also be able to access instant write offs for ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... through government and employer funding; removing the exemption from paying the SG in respect of employees whose salary or wages are less than $450 in a calendar month; and that mechanisms for improving the retirement incomes of carers be examined. Understandably ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... in the January quarter, unchanged from the previous two quarters. With the jobless rate remaining at near ten-year lows, wages growth is starting to pick up. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth accelerated to 2.1% in the year to January ...