Changes to the asset test rules for the aged pension that were effective from 1 January, 2017 could hurt middle-income Australians, the SMSF Association has warned. The Association believed that the ...

The Government is set to permanently waive the Centrelink five-year clawback for SMSFs and SAFs that restructure ATE complying pensions to a term allocated pension. Julie Steed outlines the impact of ...

The age pension will increase, as will the upper limits of the assets and income tests for a part pension in retirement, on 20 March. The Department of Social Services has just announced the next ...

An asset test that allows older Australians with million-dollar assets to collect a part-pension is likely to be spared the budget axe. The Australian reports that despite signals the federal ...

Every now and then a policy is so badly designed, so completely out of touch with reality, that it deserves to be called out.