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Superannuation

New research published by the ASFA has pointed out that many of those who claim the superannuation taxation system unduly favours high income earners are basing their fac...

Superannuation

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia questions ability of ATO to deliver an online portal capable of dealing with complex rollovers....

Superannuation

Government warned on complexity attaching to proposals to improve super portability between Australia and NZ....

Superannuation

Opposition seeks assurances from Government that there will be no further superannaution tax tinkering, while pointing to questions on the issue remaining unanswered for ...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed new legislation which it said would ultimately protect member balances during super fund mergers....

Editorial

The Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Treasury must shelve any plans they may have to alter the superannuation tax regime to achieve a Budget surplus, warns Mike Taylo...

Superannuation

ASFA urges government to change direction on illegal early release on SMSFs, claiming the problem has diminished....

Superannuation

ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

Editorial

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

Financial planning

The Government has outlined a range of changes to give APRA greater scope to take pre-emptive action....

Superannuation

Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....

Financial planning

The ATO has reconfirmed that interest payments are not an essential feature of a loan, potentially opening the door for zero-interest related party loans to self-managed ...

Superannuation

Submissions to the Productivity Commission the reveal depth of the divide between government and industry on default funds....

Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

Superannuation

The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....

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