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TRIS creates confusion: Partners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... benefits means those over 60 years of age and withdrawing a pension no longer have to declare these withdrawals in their personal tax return while TRIS entitles those aged 55 and over to just 10 per cent of their super balance. "Unfortunately many erroneously ...

Share performance gap widens after tax

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... fund after a new report found a substantial difference between the returns of funds taxed within super and under a personal tax rate. The Russell/ASX Long Term Investing study analysed the performance of Australian and overseas shares, unlisted and unlisted ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Yet the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in a statement last week asked the government to lower personal tax rates which surely would only put more fuel on the fire in an environment where retailer Harvey Norman just declared a 70 per ...

A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... also higher commodity prices have enabled the government to maintain a firm structural budget position. However, personal tax cuts to low-income earners and also the special one-off payment to senior citizens are likely all end up in retailers' pockets. ...

LPTs outgun other asset classes in long term: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... classes. The report looked at a range of investments over the past 10 and 20 years, taking into account the impact of personal tax rates, tax treatment of various assets and the costs associated with different investments to show investors the real-life ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... simplification have been heard. We are delighted," said ASFA chief executive Philippa Smith. "We welcome the package of personal tax measures which give Australians greater opportunities to save for their retirement," added Richard Gilbert, chief executive ...

ASFA and JUST Super call for changes in the Budget

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... retirement savings. "It's important to restore and retain incentives for saving, particularly whenever changes to personal tax rates occur. Incentives to save have been severely squeezed in recent years, particularly for middle income earners." ASFA ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... investment strategy and chief economist, Shane Oliver, agreed that the gap needs to be closed between company and personal tax rates. "It's certainly a concern. Australia has a relatively high tax rate, at the upper end of the spectrum, and it is also ...

Super fund taxes break through $5 billion

Total taxation revenue collected by all levels of government in Australia climbed to $230 billion in 2004-05, of which only $5.1 billion was paid by super funds. Super fund taxes, however, have only climbed 8.5 per cent since 200-01, which is significantly ...

Costello says ninth Budget to produce surplus

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... economic management. Some economists have raised concerns that hefty election year spending, coupled with expected personal tax cuts, could put pressure on interest rates as well as cutting the surplus back to the wire. Mr Costello said the most important ...