The Coalition has reached a compromise to get its superannuation reform past its own party, but the changes will make it harder for women and older workers.
- Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
Competition between super funds should drive innovation and efficiency, not be an ideological tool.
Superannuation changes are sorely needed because recent data shows only a small number of wealthy Australians are accumulating wealth through it.
While the major political parties agree on the need for superannuation reform, they differ on how to get there.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that Australia spends more at a Commonwealth level on negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts than it does on child care or higher education. Is he right?
Australian Council of Social Service chief Cassandra Goldie told Q&A that Australia is among the lowest-taxing countries in the OECD. Is that accurate?
Wins for small business; significant superannuation reform; multinational tax avoidance addressed; and more.
Think tank makes case for cutting capital gains tax discount.
There’s a reason the states have generally agreed to levy taxes in a uniform way.
Is Labor’s Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh, right to warn that each household may effectively face the prospect of paying an extra $4,500 a year in GST?
The government’s innovation agenda is heavy on incentives for startups and entrepreneurs.
It would be easy to misinterpret a recent comment by federal Treasurer Scott Morrison as meaning that states and territories generate 90% of all revenue collected in Australia. That’s not the case.
The Opposition is fond of saying that the government has imposed 17 new or increased taxes. Is that right?
Why is there a tax policy named after the world’s third richest man?
Even when everyone agrees on the need for reform, there’s no guarantee we’ll ever see it happen.
Despite the government windfall on offer, changing the age at which people can access their super is likely to unfairly hit retirees with lower super balances.
The government is counting on bracket creep to quietly add to its tax collections. But this is simply taxation by stealth.
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s media comments this week around contentious tax issues don’t bode well for the Taxation White paper.
Five years on from the Henry tax review, Australians are again being asked to rethink the tax system, with reform still years away.
Australia’s retirement income system is unsustainable, and there seems little political appetite to tackle the big issues.
Just what are the issues we need to watch when it comes to tax reform? Read this explainer.
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Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) are the fastest growing sector of the superannuation industry, spiking by 33% between 2008 and 2012, putting them in the sights of both the super industry and…
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