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GILLARD RESURRECTING DEATH DUTIES
Another Federal Government devastating attack on hard working Australian retirees and their families – this time from both Labor and the Greens. And it is so sneaky ….. go after a persons Super when they die … and you can effectively have a massive new death duty TAX.. but in disguise! They will not use that term… “Death Duty” Of course!….But it is a Distinction without a Difference!
Many years ago, back around 1985, the Labor Party abolished death duties as this was essentially obscene. Sort of …robbing from dead people.
In its place was Capital Gains Tax which of course came into place on 20th September 1985.
Well DEATH DUTIES folks is making a comeback it seems as the Labor government under madam Julia and The Greens now seek to bring this back. But in a very sneaky and typically underhanded way, they will not be directly hitting us when we die. No.
They will be attacking our second largest asset – our superannuation fund!
Under Income Tax Ruling TR 2011/03 when a person dies having a superannuation account, the Australian Tax Office will seek to assess the underlying assets of a superannuation fund for Capital Gains Tax on top of any lump sum tax that will be payable at least at 15% plus medicare.
This effectively implies that your superannuation fund death benefit could by the time this goes to your family be short of up to as much as 40% of your account balance.
So I went to the source, Labors own website to remind myself of those words….Labor Values and I read and of course reflected on their own words.
http://austeaparty.com.au/web/gillard-resurrects-death-duties-by-stealth-with-new-tax/