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There are about 500 superannuation funds operating in Australia. Of those, 362 have assets totalling greater than $50 million. Superannuation assets totalled $2.7 trillion at the end of the June 2018 quarter, a new record according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. [58] There are different types of superannuation funds:
The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 is an Australian labour law statute that regulates superannuation in Australia. See also. Australian labour law;
Superannuation funds can claim a capital gains tax discount where the asset has been owned for at least 12 months. The discount applicable to superannuation funds is 33%, reducing the effective tax rate on capital gains from 15% to 10%. [8] No discount or adjustment is available if an asset is sold at a loss.
The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal was established under the Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act in 1993. It was established at the same time as a new prudential and disclosure framework was put in place under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, protecting employees compulsory superannuation contributions (introduced in 1992).
From 1 July 2005, choice of fund rules came into effect, giving most Australian employees the option to choose the fund into which their employers paid their superannuation contributions. [9] [10] In practice, over 75% of workers remained with their employer’s default fund, which was usually an industry fund. From this time, industry super ...
In Australia, the term 'Retail superannuation fund' refers to a superannuation provider that is not an Industry superannuation fund, and so weren't established by a trade union as a method of managing worker retirement savings. [1] [2] [3] There are various providers of retail super funds in Australia.
In 1884, a general tax on income was introduced in South Australia, and in 1895 income tax was introduced in New South Wales at the rate of six pence in the pound, or 2.5%. [6] Federal income tax was first introduced in 1915, in order to help fund Australia's war effort in the First World War. [7]
The Corporations Act 2001 sets up a uniform approach to the regulation of financial services through a uniform licensing and disclosure regime. The general regulatory position is that a person (whether an individual or corporate entity) carrying on a financial services business in Australia must, unless exempted, hold an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) issued by ASIC.