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Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... (SG) contributions do not need to be paid. Among several measures for 2016, the firm would like to see the federal government impose a lifetime cap on non-concessional contributions of $500,000 - a considerable reduction from the current allowance of ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... cloud of ideas continues to thicken with Community Council for Australia chair Tim Costello advocating the federal government create an estate duty or death tax. Costello and the Council believe such a tax would generate more than $5 billion in revenue ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... believes the popularity of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will continue to increase regardless of federal government changes to the retirement income system. HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot said technology advances ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The estimated cost of superannuation tax concessions to the federal government this year has been revised down by about $4 billion according to the latest Treasury figures. Treasury released its 2015 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) on Friday and showed ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... infrastructure program earmarked for new rail lines and roads," Behrens said. "And NSW is eligible for the federal government's 15% incentive payment under the National Partnership Agreement on Asset Recycling - gaining an extra $1 billion on top of ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... governance arrangements at not-for-profit super funds which was set up as a result of Senate cross-benchers opposing federal government reforms. The review was part of a last-minute deal organised between cross-benchers, Industry Super Australia (ISA) ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Industry representative groups believe the federal government's draft on improved superannuation transparency does not go far enough, with at least $400 billion in retail fund assets escaping proposed disclosure requirements. In submissions to government ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... the FSC submission said. The super industry and the general public have until January 20 to comment on the federal government's draft legislation that is attempting to extend the choice of super fund arrangements to more Australians. From 1 July 2016 ...

OneVentures seeks super fund investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... a potential opportunity to add superannuation funds as investors in its Innovation and Growth Fund II. With federal government plans to lift the tax free cap on early-stage venture capital limited partnerships (ESVCLP) from $100 million to $200 million ...

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
The federal government has all but conceded superannuation funds will not have the greatest 2016 after significant tax write downs in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) were released yesterday. Superannuation fund taxes have been written ...