Rich gorge at super trough

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By Leith van Onselen

Australia’s generous superannuation concessions for higher income earners have received more stick, with research from the Grattan Institute prepared for next week’s National Reform Summit arguing that a third of all taxpayers aged 60 to 64 topped up their accounts by $40 billion in 2012-13, according to an article published today in The AFR:

“Most of the voluntary contributions are tax structuring by over 60s rather than early savings for retirement”…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.