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ATO Scams
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Over the past couple of months I have been receiving phone calls and emails from clients asking about an email they have received from the ATO, informing them they have received a refund of x amount of dollars and to follow these steps in order to claim this amount. Firstly, These emails are a SCAM....
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Tax Time
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With the end of the Financial Year upon us, we always take time to reflect on the year that has been and focus on what the year ahead holds for us. Now is the time to look at goal setting for the year ahead, Update your cash flow forecasts, Measure you KPI’s and set new...
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What can I claim?
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Every year, we get asked the same question. WHAT CAN I CLAIM? So in order to help our clients, we have put together the following attachment that has a list of items that you maybe able to claim and could help you put everything together for this tax year. Feel free to share it with...
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2014 Budget Review
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BUDGET REVIEW SUPERANNUATION i. The SG rate will increase from 9.25% to 9.5% from 1 July 2014 as currently legislated. The rate will remain at 9.5% until 30 June 2018 and then increase by 0.5 percentage points each year until it reaches 12% in 2022-23. ii. The Low income super contribution (LISC) looks set to...
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Abbott Budget
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The Abbott Government will deliver it’s first budget on Tuesday 13 May 2014 and we have been warned not to expect anything special but to be aware that there will be more pain and cuts to turn the budget around from it’s current deficit. I will be writing a short plain English review of the...