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Labor’s Proposed Negative Gearing Changes
Taxation and Compliance
**What is negative gearing?
** An investment such as property is referred to as negatively geared if the income is less than the interest…
By Michael Courtin
How to reach inbox zero
Business Advisory
A great tip to achieving Inbox Zero is to set some time aside each day to check your emails. Now it could be a specific time of the day or…
By Shaun Ralph
Family Trust Election
Taxation and Compliance
It is not enough to simply include the words 'family trust' in your trust's name. A trustee can only make a valid family trust election…
By Kamil Qureshi
STP Bill now passed through Senate
Taxation and Compliance
What does that mean? The requirement for Single Touch Payroll (STP) was implemented from 1 July 2018 for all employers with 20 employees or…
By Linda Bergesen
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