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FPA asks for tax-deductible advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... disincentive for people to take the first step towards organising their finances on a strategic basis," the FPA pre budget submission said. The FPA has recommended the government prepare an initial financial plan, as well as to expressly state that ongoing ...

ASFA calls for clarity on retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... as other retirement income stream products. However, as yet there is no timetable for this review. In its pre-Budget submission, ASFA said the proposed review "should not delay the review of the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuities, which are ...

Call for new generation annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... annuity products found in overseas markets, along with the development of a new generation of annuities in its pre-budget submission to the Federal Government. In an effort to stem financial shortage issues arising from Australia's ageing population ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... lifetime annuities, with the Financial Services Council (FSC) now supporting that stance. Within the FSC's pre-budget submission to the Government released last month, the body asked for the removal of regulatory barriers to allow the private sector ...

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... called for "super baby bonus" payment for working women's superannuation funds. The ACTU said in its federal budget submission the means tested bonus should be around $1500, to boost retirement incomes While the policy behind the current baby bonus is ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero, year-on-year, growth in real expenditure for the next three years ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... will look into adequacy issues such as contributions and default options. The body has also submitted a pre-budget submission focusing on the issues of soft compulsion, co-contribution enhances and salary sacrifice among others.

ASFA targets extra super contributions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... to make co-contribution benefits more readily available to low and middle income earners. As part of its pre-Budget submission to the Federal Government, ASFA has proposed the introduction of an opt-out arrangement for employees where an additional 1 ...

Use SG to pay HECS and let funds borrow: ICAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has gotten on the front foot and already lodged its pre-budget submission with the Federal Government asking for some radical policy shifts that include allowing members to use their Superannuation ...

Small cut in super taxes now will significantly cut future tax burden: ASFA

... equivalent general $6 tax cut now, says the Australian Superannuation Funds Association (ASFA) just released Pre-Budget Submission. The ASFA submission is one of the most constructive submissions in years on the politically and fiscally controversial ...