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Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... most expensive areas of the Budget. Superannuation costs included in the Tax Expenditure statement refer to foregone taxation revenue associated with employer superannuation contributions and the concessional tax rates that apply to superannuation entities. ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Superannuation funds are calling for the government to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... US$270 to sit and advisers and brokers must score 72% to pass. The bulk of the Series 7 exam focuses on investment risk, taxation, equity and debt instruments, packaged securities, options, retirement plans, and interactions with clients such as account ...

New CFO for QSuper

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... investment industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy Major) and a Bachelor of Laws, as well as a Master of Taxation.

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... many retirees." It made three policy suggestions for solving this problem: introducing regulatory incentives, such as taxation measures, to encourage retirees to take income streams rather than lump sums; a default retirement income option, akin to MySuper ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The upcoming tax white paper must redesign the taxation of superannuation so that it no longer disproportionately favours wealthy people, according to the Financial System Inquiry final report. The white paper, which is due to be drawn up next year ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... emphasised that the FSI was a policy review not a tax one, which the Treasurer echoed by repeatedly referring to the 2015 taxation whitepaper that is in the pipeline. Murray and his FSI board has delivered a policy template that goes a huge way towards ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Commission (ASIC) regulatory guidance. Facilitate access to consolidated superannuation information from the Australian Taxation Office to use with ASIC's and superannuation funds' retirement income projection calculators. Provision of financial advice ...

ATO cold calling to test SMSF trustees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Australian Taxation Office is calling self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees to test their fund knowledge and restricting their ability to operate the fund if they fail. Legal document provider Topdocs said in a technical article that "examples ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... He said that "trustees should have changed behaviour when the first contravention report was filed with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)." However, he noted that judges often take earlier court cases as a reference to establish penalties. "In this ...