SUPERANNUATION CONTRIBUTIONS

Policy & Regulation

Double-counting may have led to the Australian Taxation Office wrongly pursuing superannuation fund members over excess transfer balance caps....

Financial planning

Technical expert, Rob Lavery believes the 1 July changes allowing catch-up contributions have opened the way for astute tax management strategies....

Superannuation

Federal Women’s Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, today announced a raft of policies intended to boost superannuation for women as the Government looks to act on financial gender ...

Superannuation

The superannuation gap between women and men has shrunk “considerably” over the last decade, going from a gap of 9.1 percentage points in 2008 to 4.3 percentage points no...

Features

William Truong breaks down which superannuation reforms advisers need to factor in for clients considering making personal super contributions....

Financial planning

The AFA and ISA have polar opposite opinions on lifetime contribution caps when it comes to helping women’s retirement income....

Superannuation

The increase in the cap for concessional contributions has led to the fastest growth in seven years for discretionary contributions while compulsory contributions have pl...

Financial planning

NAB launches super clearing house product amid SuperStream implementation....

Superannuation

People who have spent long periods out of the workforce should be able to access special catch-up superannuation contribution caps....

Accounting

The IPA has called on the Government to repeal legislation that caps personal concessional contributions at 10 per cent....

Financial planning

No-one likes a surprise when wrestling with tax and superannuation, and financial planners heading towards the end of financial year seem primed on what is about to chang...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will take over the running of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House in a bid to reduce the compliance burden employers fac...

Superannuation

The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said policy makers should consider a range of factors before moving the qualifying age for the age pension to ...

Boomers concerned super contributions not enough to boost retirement....

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