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The Capital Gains Tax Consequences of Creating Rights
Taxation and Compliance
Although most of us think about the disposal of an asset when it comes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT), there are another 53 CGT events that have…
By Michael Courtin
Business Health Check Up
Taxation and Compliance
After a big Christmas and New Year break we are now all back into the swing of things. It is a reminder that we are now half way through the…
By Sarah Crowe
New Years Resolution: To Avoid Sophisticated Email Scams …
Taxation and Compliance
With the “silly season” now a distant memory and the New Year in full swing with many people exercising in the heat in an effort to…
By Steve Payne
Contractors for payroll tax purpose
Taxation and Compliance
If your business is paying for contractors, you need to look closer on each contractor to see if the contractor is considered as a relevant…
By Jun Yang
Base Rate Entity - Corporate Tax Rates
News, Taxation and Compliance
The corporate tax rate for Small Business Entity (SBE) companies was reduced to 27.5% from the 2017 financial year. To be an SBE, a company…
By Michael Courtin
Export Marketing Development Grants (EMDG)
News, Export Marketing Development Grants (EMDG), Government Innovation Grants
**EMDG **is the Export Market Development scheme run by the Australian Government financial assistance program administered by Austrade for…
By Sarah Crowe
SMSF – The Case for Up to Date Reporting
Self Managed Super Funds
The world is changing and, as it changes, everyone who doesn’t adapt are left behind. This is very true when it comes to interacting with…
By Elsa Howarth
Are you or your employees missing super?
Taxation and Compliance, Self Managed Super Funds
According to official records, there is still $17.5 billion in lost and unclaimed super waiting to be found. Some of it could belong to you…
By Linda Bergesen
How can businesses make use of Google to grow?
News, Business Advisory
Research shows that every month a single google search drives millions of direct connections between businesses and their customers which…
By Kamil Qureshi
FBT 2019 : Utes are No Tax-Free Perk
Taxation and Compliance
Although we are already one quarter into the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) Year, which runs 01/04/XX to 31/03/XX, the ATO have sought to clarify…
By Steve Payne
Queensland Absentee Land Tax
Taxation and Compliance
What is the new tax? In the 2017-18 budget, the government announced a 1.5 per cent land tax surcharge absentee land taxpayers if the value…
By Kamil Qureshi
Is it deductible?
Taxation and Compliance
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has identified the top 10 tax myths and misunderstandings it says are causing incorrect claims. Kath…
By Linda Bergesen