Estimates produced by the Grattan Institute and the Treasury assume that the right tax treatment for income from retirement savings is the same as income from other savings.
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Billions of dollars in super tax breaks simply end up boosting the inheritances of well-off children. Our new report shows how we can save money, while making super fairer for all Australians.
A leading-edge study conducted for the Retirement Incomes Review used Tax Office data to examine what happened to wages after firms paid more super.
At the margin, more compulsory super will mean less equity in homes and more borrowing for homes. Australia already has one of the world’s highest household debt ratios.
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Deputy Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
