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Comprehensive statistics on how Australia is performing.

Hungry for income? Choose carefully.

When you are working or looking for a job, it’s only natural to think about the size of your paycheck. After all, you need to pay your bills, and it always helps to have a little extra.

Retiree self-protection: A volatility-and-downturn ‘bucket’

The latest fall in share prices close to the 10-year anniversary of the global financial crisis (GFC) is likely to prompt more retirees and near-retirees to think about creating a volatility-and-downturn cash bucket.

Superannuation gender gap narrowing, research shows

Over the past decade, there has been improvement in the number of women holding superannuation accounts and the size of their superannuation balances compared with that of men, according to a research house.

All the stats you need to see how Australia is going.

            An up-to-date snapshot of Australia's vital statistics.     Please click on the following link... View Article

Market downturns, like this one, are to be expected

It's been awhile since there's been a drop in the markets as sharp, broad and sudden as last week's.

ATO claws back $850m in unpaid SG in FY 17-18

Compliance activities undertaken by the ATO in the 2017-18 financial year saw the ATO raise around $850 million in unpaid super entitlements.

‘Hefty penalties’ with TRIS payment failures, SMSFs warned

With clients who fail to pay the minimum pension payments for TRISs potentially up for illegal early release and significant penalties, SMSF practitioners have been urged to pay close attention in this area.

The global financial crisis: Behind us but far from over

Ten years ago this month, Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest US investment bank, filed for bankruptcy protection.

‘Huge’ professional risk in SG delays, big four firm warns

With single touch payroll making it easier for the ATO to identify unpaid SG, telling clients to wait for the SG amnesty could be a risky move impacting their professional obligations, warns a big four accounting firm.