SUMMARY: Eat the rich. Super tax concessions don’t cost the $33 billion that is purported. And the aspiring wealthy would find another way. There’s a simple solution to the problem of superannuation tax breaks costing the public too much. Just tax the wealthy’s super harder. Tax ’em more on the way in. Tax ’em more […]
SUMMARY: What’s in store for super in 2015? Hopefully little, but there’s a lot being considered by the Abbott Government. When it comes to predicting investment markets, I’m not a great crystal ball gazer. The riskier the asset class, the more I believe the “gazing” becomes “punting”. It is similarly risky trying to predict how […]
SUMMARY: Superannuation Budget submission time – a time for wish lists and the tooth fairy. The air surrounding Joe Hockey’s first Budget as Treasurer is getting pretty thick and acrid. It’s still two months’ away. But there’s every indication that it will be a true “horror” document felt in hip pockets everywhere. Very little seems […]
SUMMARY: Superannuation Budget submission time – a time for wish lists and the tooth fairy. The air surrounding Joe Hockey’s first Budget as Treasurer is getting pretty thick and acrid. It’s still two months’ away. But there’s every indication that it will be a true “horror” document felt in hip pockets everywhere. Very little seems […]
SUMMARY: While complex changes to super have been ditched, there’s no word on increasing concessional contributions limits. And, to be sure, don’t hold your breath. The wording of the Coalition’s election promise for superannuation of “no unexpected negative changes” in its first term was very deliberate If the Coalition flagged a change before the election, […]
PORTFOLIO POINT: If you are 60-plus and still working, then a transition-to-retirement pension is a must. Plus what the election result means. If you are over 60 and still working, listen up. This column might be the most profitable column you read this year. There’s a common misunderstanding around superannuation pensions. And that is that […]
PORTFOLIO POINT: You can contribute to super when you’re not working, or if you retire, or semi-retire early. Here are the rules if you’re considering this option. Superannuation feels like it’s the thing you get or do when you’re employed, to derive an income for when you’re no longer working. And to a large degree, […]
PORTFOLIO POINT: The coalition’s plans for super will require adjustments to your contributions strategy. Plus, is the new super pensions tax dead? If anyone was in any doubt that superannuation is a political football, then Thursday last week should have ended that. The Coalition’s Budget-in-reply confirmed that no matter how much “fairer” the Government might […]
PORTFOLIO POINT: The rumblings have not been denied. A super raid seems inevitable in a desperate bid to balance a beaten up budget. That the Federal Government is going to raid superannuation to make a surplus of the current year’s budget is now considered a done deal. How do we know this? Because none of […]
PORTFOLIO POINT: Twice in a year? Another enemy of superannuation must be declared. Sometimes, “research” adds to debate, because of the inequities that get raised and the opportunities to right wrongs that get pointed out with compelling figures. On other occasions, research is so unbalanced, biased and deliberately devoid of key facts that it should […]
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