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Superannuation

Australians eye early super access

Early access superannuation

A majority of Australians would access their superannuation savings early, primarily to ease the strain of increasing living costs and finance home purchases, if they had the option.

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Retirement, Superannuation

Retirees struggling with complex system

Retirement cost of living financial literacy

Many Australian retirees face difficulties in understanding the retirement system and lack confidence in managing their finances for retirement.

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ATO, NALI/NALE, Superannuation, Tax

Recent rulings give NALE glimpse

ATO NALE private binding rulings

Two private binding rulings issued by the ATO in the past six months have hinted at how the NALE rules for general expenses will be applied.

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Compliance, Contributions, Strategy, Superannuation

Excess contribution refund needs approval

Excess concessional contributions refund

SMSF trustees who exceed their concessional contribution cap limit should wait for the ATO to issue a release authority before seeking a release of the excess funds.

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Legislation, Retirement, Superannuation

Bills highlight unfair super treatment

superannuation retirement income objective legislation

Superannuation is unfairly treated in the wider retirement income landscape, with recent draft bills highlighting governments regard it as an easy target.

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Regulation, SMSFA, Superannuation

Objective needs clarification

Objective of superannuation

The proposed objective of superannuation requires a more precise definition due to the presence of vague terms in the statement.

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Pensions, SMSF, Superannuation

SMSFs lead pension transition

pension phase SMSF APRA funds Class

Far more SMSF members over 65 are in pension phase compared to APRA-regulated fund members, highlighting the different levels of engagement in the two sectors.

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SMSF, Strategy, Superannuation, Tax

Earnings tax creating capital gains confusion

$3 million earnings tax capital gains

The inclusion of unrealised gains within the proposed $3 million earnings tax is confusing superannuation fund members.

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Superannuation

Objective’s force is in its terms

objective superannuation enforceable terms

The proposed objective of superannuation has no enforceable provisions, but its key terms could still be used by governments to push for changes in the system.

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Regulation, Residential Property, Superannuation

Parliament approves FHSSS changes

First home super saver scheme

Parliament has approved a bill introducing multiple changes to the First Home Super Saver Scheme.

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