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In regards to putting money into Super or not it also depends on one's age. At 53 and able to access Super at 55 there is less legislative risk. More often than not grandfatering provisions are applied. However if I was much younger there is no way I would put anymore than the compulsory...

Somehow I think it is more the constant changes to Super and broken promises by politicians that is the cause of much angst for some. Otherwise we would just accept Super as is regardless of the rules and focus on saving and investing well in the most tax advantaged manner. Prior to Costella...

No necessarily. There are many average income earners who may decide to sell an investment property they have held for many years for a tidy capital gain. It is not uncommon for this to happen close to retirement. Hence one way to reduce capital gains tax is to contribute part of the capital...

Yes, the $100,00 threshold is supposed to be indexed. But look the reality is that much of the changes are unlikely to ever be legislated given Labor's lack of popularity. One good thing is that this puts pressure on Abbot to not make any changes worse than what Labour is proposing. And if...

Unfortunately tax law will continue to change regardless of the structure/entity the assets are held in. Nothing is gained by getting upset about such things. As Player mentioned all one can do is try to be as flexible as possible by taking advantage of suitable structures etc. Take advantage...

I think the changes are reasonably fair but one needs to consider all scenarios to gauge what impact it will have individually. Certainly selling lumpy assets such as property may push one over the $100,000 income threshold as capital gains are included from what I understand. However take...