TAI research on super tax concessions
Research papers
Can the taxpayer afford ‘self-funded retirement’?, R Denniss and D Richardson, 15 August 2012
What price dignity?, R Denniss and D Baker, 1 October 2011
The great superannuation tax concession rort, D Ingles, 24 February 2009
Recent op-eds
Political cowardice on ‘self-funded’ super, Australian Financial Review, 4 September 2012
Super subsidies: a budget spending secret, Public Sector Informant, 7 August 2012
Super rort for wealthy, The Canberra Times, 3 February
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