Govt confirms commitment to SG increase
The Federal Government has released draft legislation for the repeal of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), confirming its commitment to increasing the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent by 2021.
Treasurer Joe Hockey, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane released a joint press statement in which they reiterated the Coalition’s election promise to refrain from rescinding the increase in compulsory superannuation.
"Where the Government specifically outlined that it would keep a spending measure linked to the mining tax, the Government will honour that commitment," Hockey said in the joint statement.
"For instance, the Government remains committed to not rescinding the increase in compulsory superannuation from 9 to 12 per cent, currently paused for two years."
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has commended the Government for confirming its commitment to increase the super guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent.
"The Government has a clear mandate to repeal the MRRT whilst retaining the key policy of increasing super contributions to 12 per cent by 2021", said FSC chief executive officer John Brogden.
"FSC research demonstrates that there is a retirement savings gap of over $1 trillion. Increasing superannuation contribution rates are critical in closing this gap and ensuring more Australians have adequate retirement savings."
The Government said the repeal of the MRRT package would contribute more than $13 billion of savings to the Budget's bottom line on an underlying cash basis over the forward estimates. "The repeal of the MRRT works in tandem with an increase in the SG, which will reduce the Budget impact of an ageing population over the long-term," Brogden added.
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