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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ensures that self-managed superannuation funds adhere to the rules and regulations. It also makes sure that the right amount of tax is taken from the superannuation savings of all Australians. The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) administers the Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act. This Act ...
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 Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is an Australian statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian Government. The ATO has responsibility for administering the Australian federal taxation system , superannuation legislation, and other associated matters.
The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 is an Australian labour law statute that regulates superannuation in Australia. See also. Australian labour law;
If an asset is held for at least 1 year then any gain is first discounted by 50% for individual taxpayers, or by 33 1 ⁄ 3 % for superannuation funds. Net capital losses in a tax year may be carried forward and offset against future capital gains. However, capital losses cannot be offset against income.
Sunsuper is the first superannuation fund awarded a MySuper authority 28 June 2013: Final regulations released 1 July 2013: MySuper products can be launched 1 January 2014: Only authorised MySuper products can receive default super contributions from an employer 1 July 2017
It was constructed from the Superannuation Division of Treasury, The Office of the General Insurance Commissioner, The Office of Life Insurance Commissioner, and The Office of the Australian Government Actuary. The commission was based at the Australian Automobile Association Building, Canberra [Note 1] and also had offices in Melbourne and ...
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.