SUPERANNUATION CONTRIBUTIONS

Financial planning

A legal loophole that allowed the funnelling of money into superannuation to defeat creditors will be closed under changes announced by the Federal Attorney General and t...

Policy & Regulation

The assistant treasurer, Mal Brough, has rejected Labor’s call for a phasing out of the contributions tax for people earning $40,000 to $100,000 a year, stating that any ...

Superannuation

When planning for a transition to retirement, advisers now have another strategy for consideration. This new opportunity came about when the Federal Government added a ne...

Editorial

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Financial planning

Australian couples will now be able to split their superannuation contributions after January 1, 2006, with legislation ratifying the move passed by the Senate....

Financial planning

The Institute of Chartered Accountants has called on the Federal Government to make some financial planning fees tax deductible and to address superannuation and business...

Superannuation

A fantastic financial planning opportunity is waiting ahead. We have been promised and teased for a few years about the prospect of splitting superannuation contributions...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has been criticised for not scrapping the superannuation surcharge immediately on Budget night, and for not affording the same generosity with its ...

Financial planning

The Australian National Audit Office has criticised the Australian Taxation Office over its administration of the superannuation contributions surcharge, pointing to a ra...

Financial planning

The political fanfare and media frenzy which beset the 2005 Budget announcement, heralding tax cuts on many fronts, unfortunately overlooked blatant omissions from a fisc...

Financial planning

One of the industry standards which will make the transition to choice of fund easier for employers has been launched by the Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has developed a new software program that channels superannuation contributions to various funds in an attempt to lighten the administrative load that ...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has picked up where it left off prior to the Federal Election and is back on the lobby trail appealing for the re-ins...

Financial planning

Superannuation contribution splitting legislation is set to be pushed through parliament next month, despite opposition from sectors of the financial services industry an...

Financial planning

AMP is confident of a reversal of fortune following last year’s $5.5 billion loss, announcing today a renewed commitment to regional wealth management and flagging allian...

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