Federal Budget – superannuation

The Budget has introduced a series of changes to superannuation tax arrangements that are intended to align superannuation with the purpose of providing income in retirement. The key elements of the superannuation changes include: Introducing a transfer balance cap There will be a $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap on the total amount of super…

Federal Budget – individuals

The Government is now giving individuals a greater incentive to work without being taxed more by making a start to personal income tax relief. The changes will take place from 1 July 2016 and will prevent average full-time wage earners from moving into the second top tax bracket until 2019-2020, by increasing the 32.5 per…