By Jim Bonham and Sean Corbett
www.saveoursuper.org.au
1 Abstract
The complexity of superannuation and the age pension conceals at least 6 time-bombs – slowly evolving automatic changes to the detriment of retirees – caused by inconsistent indexation: Division 293 tax, currently only for high income earners, will become mainstream.Shrinking of the transfer balance cap …
BY TERRENCE O’BRIEN AND JACK HAMMOND on behalf of themselves and Save Our Super
28 June 2019
When more individuals save for self-funded retirement above Age Pension levels, their savings contribute funds and real resources for reallocation through the financial sector to fund investments. Such an economy will be more dynamic and efficient than one …
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Sunday, July 16, 2017
Save Our Super believes that major changes to the existing rules of the Australian superannuation system should not be made unless, at the same time, appropriate grandfathering provisions are included in the legislation.
“Grandfathering provisions” are qualifying clauses within legislation which exempt those people already involved in the activity with which the legislation deals.
Tuesday, …
On 27 June 2017, Tony Abbott, in a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs, Brisbane, supported grandfathering provisions. He said, amongst other things:
Absent an acute crisis, to get elected with an economic reform programme, it’s probably necessary to guarantee that existing beneficiaries will keep their benefits.
But even with grandfathered changes, a government …
There are many examples of Federal Parliament’s use of grandfathering provisions when major changes were made to the superannuation system. For example:
in a September 1996 Research Paper, the Reserve Bank of Australia said:
“Important changes to the tax rules were made in 1983, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which generally reduced the tax …
The historic use of appropriate grandfathering provisions to protect those who were significantly affected by major superannuation rule changes, justifies their use in the Coalition’s Superannuation ( Excess Transfer Balance Tax) Imposition Act 2016 (C’th) (No 80 of 2016) and Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Act 2016 ) (C’th) (No 81 of 2016).
However, …
Jack Hammond, QC, founder of Save Our Super
Terrence O’Brien, B Econ (Hons), M Econ, former Treasury official
Any government must retain the right to change policies as circumstances change over time. Policy change always poses two questions: Is the change an improvement? And is it properly implemented? This article focusses on implementation issues, which …
“Trust” and “Certainty” are Save Our Super’s “Pillars of Principle”. They are fundamental. Only with those two pillars of principle in place can a fair and sustainable Australian superannuation system survive and flourish.
Trust
First, a government should not undermine people’s trust in the superannuation system.
Trust is shattered when, for example, a Minister like …
Save Our Super calls for all Federal parliamentarians to promote and support superannuation policies and legislation which contain grandfathering provisions that maintain the previous entitlements of those Australians who will be significantly affected by major rule changes to the then existing superannuation provisions.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
