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ATO recoups $684m in unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... employers are doing the right thing, the tax office remains firmly committed to addressing non-compliance with SG obligations. "Super belongs to employees for their future retirement savings and we do everything we can to ensure Australia's hard-working ...

Westpac scraps SG direct debits

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... be providing resources to support employers through this process," the spokesperson said. Failure to comply with SG obligations has robbed workers of their retirement savings worth $3.6 billion, based on Australian Tax Office estimates from 2015. Industry ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... employer's mandated SG contributions, according to the explanatory memorandum, noting that employers can calculate SG obligations on a (lower) post salary sacrifice earnings base. "While employees salary sacrificing may obtain other taxation benefits ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
A Superannuation Guarantee Taskforce is being established to crackdown on employers which fail to meet SG obligations and potentially short-change employees from their super. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, and called for extra resources at the ATO "to detect breaches of SG obligations and to pursue required payments by employers." ASFA believes reducing the harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) ...

ASFA supports SGC bill with increased ATO resources

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, ASFA calls for extra resources at the ATO "to detect breaches of SG obligations and to pursue required payments by employers." "The passing of this legislation should not be a signal to employers that ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... of voluntary compliance" yet its internal risk assessment said "probable estimate of employers not meeting their SG obligations is between 11 and 20%". The assessment also said SG non-compliance is "an endemic part of the superannuation system." Between ...
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