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Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... on the 90 day Bank Bill rate plus three percentage points. According to the Budget, while these are First Home Saver accounts there will be no age limited on those who can contribute funds, and both members of a couple will be given access to the measures. ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... super-versus-property kerfuffle nevertheless reminds me of the shemozzle that became the still-born, and now defunct, First Home Saver Accounts after a shrewd idea to use the mechanisms of super funds to create more savings options for members was derailed ...

Govt to offer more choices on FHSAs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
First Home Saver Accounts (FHSAs) could become more appealing to first home owners following proposed changes released this week. The draft legislation announced by the deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan offers more concessions that will ...

AMP taps first home saver market

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
AMP Banking is offering first home saver accounts (FHSAs) which boasts an 8 per cent interest rate per annum. AMP is launching the new account from the beginning of October, which will see borrowers pay an introductory variable interest rate of eight ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... Finance and Deregulation, announced new reforms to how PDSs should look like, ahead of the introduction of First Home Saver Accounts (FHSAs). "Today's new disclosure statement passes my 'Burnie Pub test' as it's clear, simple and will improve Australians' ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority draft prudential standards for super funds that plan to offer first home saver accounts has confirmed the view of many fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework are too cumbersome and costly ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... maintain between 2009-12. The Treasurer also announced the introduction of an improved model for the First Home Saver Accounts which will now attract a government contribution of 17 per cent while earnings will be concessionally taxed at just 15 per ...

2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... income stream products and is soon to move to offer parallel savings schemes for non-super in the form of first home saver accounts (FHSA). Off the back of FHSA it should only be a short time before the concept expands to cover education accounts and ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... effectively lost. Indeed it kills any hope a young person may have had to even use the Rudd government's new First Home Saver Accounts to help them get into the market as these are only intended to help people save just a few thousand a year. No wonder ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...
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