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The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate, which had been gradually increasing over the years, reached 10.5% in 2022 and is set to continue rising by 0.5% each year until it hits 12% by 2025. [16] This change aims to enhance retirement savings for Australian workers, ensuring better financial security in retirement.
Form 18 registrations are used only for foreign government registrations with the SEC and do not create a corporation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although digitally available filings date back to 2002, [ 5 ] attention was brought to it following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the subsequent introduction of the deposit guarantee scheme under the ...
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.
Prior to 1992, superannuation was common among workers; often enforceable through contribution requirements within industrial awards. Due to the variation in award agreements, superannuation requirements were inconsistent across industries. The Keating Government changed this by legislating a uniform compulsory ‘Superannuation Guarantee ...
From 1991 to 2003, Sherry was a key member of, and under Labor chaired, the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation. This committee made a number of recommendations on the performance of the superannuation industry including the key Senate breakthrough that led to the introduction of the Compulsory Superannuation Guarantee system.
Rest Super (formally Retail Employees Superannuation Trust) [3] is an Australian industry superannuation fund established in 1988. It is one of Australia's largest superannuation funds by membership, with around 1.9 million members as at June 2022. Rest currently manages more than $80 billion in funds. [2] [4] [5]
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority was established on 1 November 2018, replacing the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Credit and Investments Ombudsman (CIO) and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). [7]
Further changes to the threshold for the 32.5c and 37c bracket were made in 2019 by the Morrison Liberal Government, increasing the threshold for the marginal 32.5% rate to $45,001 (previously $37,001, initially legislated to be $41,001), and bringing the changes forward to 2020 (instead of 2022) (see Stage three tax cuts)