Money

Savvy super is your best chance of a happy retirement.

7 considerations for the last decade before retirement

If you’re in your 50s or early 60s, it may be time to have a long, hard look at your finances – and in particular, your super – to give you the best chance of a happy retirement.

by Simon Webster

The ATO has flagged the areas it will be targeting in this financial year’s tax returns.

Analysis

Crypto, NFTs in crosshairs as ATO cracks down on digital economy

by John Collett

Telstra’s head of energy Ben Burge plans to leverage the telco’s large customer base.

Opinion

Check out the brands behind the brands

by Joel Gibson

Allowing first homebuyers to access their super may not assist many, apart from a small of number of higher earners

Opinion

First home buyer super plan is election window dressing

by John Collett

It is becoming harder to juggle higher mortgage payments and an increasing cost of living.

Opinion

How to get a mortgage refinancing across the line

by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Ask an expert

Gift or loan? The best way to help your children

If your superannuation fund is in pension mode, there would be no CGT on assets liquidated to help provide the money you wish to gift.

Putting money into super is better than taking a punt on market prices

If you cash out of your super to buy silver and gold, you are simply taking a punt on the price of those commodities, whereas super funds spread their holdings across a broad range of investment assets.

Noel Whittaker

Money columnist

Is putting long-service leave payment into super a good idea?

Where a person has an option to take long-service leave as regular payments, a good option is to stretch it out for as long as possible, say by taking half-pay, before starting to access your super.