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SMSFA calls for concessional caps flexibility

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... model, contributions are limited by the maximum annual concessional contribution cap. "Ultimately, making the contribution caps more flexible will ensure that everyone saving for retirement will have ample opportunity to make contributions to superannuation ...

Reducing concessional contribution caps would hurt: SMSFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... $30,000 for people under 50 and rises to $35,000 for people 50 and over. Slattery says the mooted change in the contribution caps is another example of a public debate about fiscal issues rather than a long-term debate about our future savings and it ...

FSC reveals six-point super plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... 2022". These are followed by: "Encourage people to save voluntarily beyond the 12% guarantee - by maintaining contribution caps that are high enough to allow women and carers in particular to catch up on their savings after breaks from the workforce" ...

Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... independence in retirement. "Our view is that the current tax incentives are appropriate. With the current level of contribution caps it would be quite difficult for someone to build the types of super pots we're seeing at the highest end now," said ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... involve a cost to revenue," Vamos said. "The more accurate method for estimating tax expenditures confirms that contribution caps are working and that there is not a prospective blowout in the cost of tax concessions for superannuation. Contrary to what ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... monthly superannuation guarantee contribution threshold, the AFA also recommended introducing lifetime super contribution caps for low income earners "and those with broken careers due to caring responsibilities." The submission also suggested retaining ...

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... the Superannuation Guarantee, retaining the Low Income Superannuation Contribution Scheme and amending annual contribution caps to enable people with broken working patterns to 'catch up' their superannuation contributions," Vamos said. For individuals ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... provide factual information to ensure it is not classified as advice." Deloitte has called for concessional contribution caps based on joint incomes and a government provided basic level of lump sum death and disability insurance cover. The latter would ...

Tax reform cannot be deferred any longer: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... as an integrity measure to complement the $2.5 million capital cap." ASFA is also recommending concessional contribution caps be changed in a way that individuals with broken work patterns are able to make sufficient contributions. In other tax news ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... superannuation system has been subjected to frequent and significant changes such as annual changes to super contribution caps," she wrote. "These changes have not been part of a grand design (more often than not they have been in conflict), but rather ...