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The 120% technology and skills ‘boost’ deduction

The 120% skills and training, and technology costs deduction for small and medium business have passed Parliament. We’ll show you how to take maximise your deductions.

Almost a year after the 2022-23 Federal Budget announcement, the 120% tax deduction for expenditure by small and medium businesses (SME) on technology, or skills […]

By |8 August, 2023|Business, Technology|Comments Off on The 120% technology and skills ‘boost’ deduction

Super savings and strategies

Tax deductions for topping up super

You can make up to $27,500 in concessional contributions each year assuming your super balance has not reached its limit. If the contributions made by your employer or under a salary sacrifice agreement have not reached this $27,500 limit, you can make a personal contribution […]

By |15 June, 2023|Superannuation|Comments Off on Super savings and strategies

Tax Savings For the Taking!

It’s that time of year when we all look at what last minute things we can do to maximise tax savings. 

Tax savings for youTax savings for your businessTax Time Targets for Individuals

In the wise words of the late Kerry Packer to a Senate estimates committee, “Of course I am minimising […]

By |14 June, 2023|Tax|Comments Off on Tax Savings For the Taking!

Right to super to be enshrined in National Employment Standards

The Government has announced that it will enshrine a right to superannuation payments in the National Employment Standards (NES).

Currently, workers not covered by a modern award or an enterprise agreement containing a term requiring an employer to make superannuation contributions have to rely on the ATO to recover their lost superannuation entitlements.

By […]

By |12 May, 2023|Superannuation|Comments Off on Right to super to be enshrined in National Employment Standards

Question of the month: Company loan to pay down the mortgage

A friend’s accountant suggested that they could reduce interest on non-deductible debt by using company cash to offset their personal mortgage, then transferring the cash back by 30 June. Is this an acceptable strategy?

This might initially sound like a brilliant strategy but what is really happening is that you are […]

By |10 May, 2023|Finances|Comments Off on Question of the month: Company loan to pay down the mortgage

Access to home guarantee scheme expanded to friends and siblings

From 1 July 2023, access to the Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme will be expanded to joint applications from “friends, siblings, and other family members” and to those who have not owned a home for at least 10 years.

The eligibility criteria for access to the First Home Guarantee Scheme and Regional First […]

By |8 May, 2023|Property|Comments Off on Access to home guarantee scheme expanded to friends and siblings

ATO Rental Property Blitz

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a full-on assault on rental property owners who incorrectly report income and expenses.

The ATO’s assessment, based on previous data matching programs, is that there is a tax gap of around $1 billion from incorrect reporting of rental property income and expenses. And, they […]

By |5 May, 2023|Property|Comments Off on ATO Rental Property Blitz

‘OnlyFans’ Tax Risk Warning

The explosion of OnlyFans, YouTubers, TikTokers and others all offer an opportunity for ‘content creators’ to profit from the audiences they generate. But now the Tax Office has given notice to the booming industry.

Back in October 2022, OnlyFans CEO Ami Gan announced that the platform had reached a milestone – […]

By |4 May, 2023|Tax|Comments Off on ‘OnlyFans’ Tax Risk Warning

$20k Small Business Energy Incentive

In a pre-Budget announcement, the Government has committed to a Small Business Energy Incentive Scheme that offers a bonus tax deduction of up to $20,000.

The Small Business Energy Incentive encourages small and medium businesses with an aggregated turnover of less than $50 million to invest in spending that supports “electrification” […]

By |3 May, 2023|Business|Comments Off on $20k Small Business Energy Incentive

Budget 2023-24

The 2023-24 Federal Budget will be released on Tuesday, 9 May 2023. Look out for our update the next day on the important issues to you, your superannuation and your business.

Little has been released to date on the impending Budget beyond the tax on super balances above $3m and the […]

By |27 April, 2023|Federal Budget|Comments Off on Budget 2023-24
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