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March 2024

  • Stage 3 tax cuts: A tax saving opportunity?
  • Don't forget the CGT small business rollover
  • Super contribution caps to increase on 1 July
  • Briefing a barrister
  • Returning to work after retirement

February 2024

  • Compensation from your bank or financial institution - is it taxable?
  • Tax issues when dealing with volunteers
  • Collectables - and inherited jewellery
  • Using super to pay the mortgage
  • Returning to work after retirement

December 2023

  • Give yourself a super gift this Christmas
  • Lost or destroyed tax records? Don't panic!
  • Taken goods for private use? Here's the latest values
  • Two 'main residences' is possible
  • Don't ignore those tax debts: the ATO won't!
  • The taxation of super death benefits

November 2023

  • Who can I nominate as my super beneficiary?
  • Who is a resident for tax purposes?
  • When two bonuses are not enough... Introducing the Energy Incentive!
  • Qualifying as an interdependant or financial depenant.
  • How to nominate a superannuation beneficiary.

October 2023

  • How to reduce your income tax bill using superannuation
  • Changes to unfair contract terms laws: what businesses need to know
  • Property developers - and would-be ones - beware!
  • Small business skills and training boost
  • Don't overlook the CGT small business roll-over concession
  • Are you eligible to make a personal deductible contribution?

September 2023

  • Thought of registering a trademark for your new business?
  • Self-education: when is it deductible?
  • Avoid schemes targeting SMSFs
  • Discounting your capital gain
  • Appointing an SMSF auditor
  • Costs of a caravan/motor home for work-related travel

August 2023

  • Trusts - are they still worth it?
  • Tax Time: Unexpected first-time debts
  • Gifting to employees
  • SMSFs & higher interest rates
  • R & D reminder
  • Super withdrawal options

July 2023

  • Super guarantee increases to 11%
  • Superannuation and the right to delegate
  • Time for a restructure
  • Fair Work changes
  • Small business lodgement amnesty
  • Work-related car expenses updated

June 2023

  • ATO Tax Time focus areas
  • Super pensions and the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
  • Generous depreciation in its final days
  • Do you have a side-hustle?
  • What are the types of super funds you can contribute to?
  • Maximising Cashflow

2023-24 Budget Wrap

  • Business
  • Individuals
  • Superannuation
  • Social security and cost of living

May 2023

  • Temporary Full Expensing: get in quick!
  • How to claim an early tax deduction on SG contributions
  • Federal Budget - what to watch out for
  • Financing motor vehicles
  • Upcoming trust distribution strategies - latest developments
  • New reporting arrangements for SMSFs from 1 July 2023

April 2023

  • Trust distribution landscape now more settled
  • Proposed tax on $3m super balances
  • FBT exemption for electric vehicles
  • Reducing the risk of crypto scams
  • Fending off GST audits
  • Lost Super

March 2023

  • New work from home record keeping requirements
  • FBT and car logbooks
  • Legislating the purpose of superannuation
  • Crystalising capital losses
  • Super teething issues
  • PAYG instalment variations

February 2023

  • Missed the Director ID deadline?
  • ATO new-year resolutions
  • Reduction in downsizer eligibility age
  • The importance of cash flow forecasts
  • Can you use your SMSF property upon retirement?
  • ATO finalises Section 100A guidance for Family Trusts

December 2022

  • Xmas gifts from employers
  • SMSF compliance: what's on the ATO's radar?
  • Single member SMSFs
  • On-boarding employees for the holiday rush
  • New work from home deduction rules
  • FBT exemption for electric vehicles

November 2022

  • Federal Budget 2022-23
  • Director ID... last ditch awareness campaign!
  • Rental expenses in excess of income not deductible
  • Do I have to pay myself super as a business owner?
  • Protecting your au domain name

October 2022

  • Director identification numbers... time is running out
  • Bridging the super gender gap
  • Optus data breach
  • Claiming business losses
  • SMSF member obligations

September 2022

  • The tax consequences of land subdivision
  • Hiring employees
  • Super funds post lowest returns since GFC
  • eInvoicing: save time and money
  • Estate Planning Explained
  • Insurance: Inside or outside super?

August 2022

  • ATO focus on rental property income and deductions
  • Covid-19 relief for SMSF trustees now at an end
  • Wash sale arrangements under scrutiny
  • GST Health Check
  • YourSuper comparison tool
  • Switching home loans

July 2022

  • ATO Prioritising Debt Collection
  • Last minute trust distributions and record keeping
  • Super guarantee rises to 10.5%
  • ATO tax time focus for small businesss
  • Scam myths
  • STP year-end finalisations
  • Accessing your super early

June 2022

  • 30 June Tax Planning
  • ATO warning of fake ABN and TFN scams
  • Six super strategies to consider before 30 June
  • 2022 Election Washup
  • Four priorities for the ATO this Tax Time
  • Downsizer contributions to SUPER

May 2022

  • Why Super can help save for your retirement
  • Further developments on trust distributions
  • What you should know about six member SMSFs
  • Financing motor vehicles
  • Personal Property Securities Register
  • HR Manuals

April 2022

  • FBT year-end checklist
  • Record keeping
  • ATO's new crackdown on Discretionary Trusts
  • Ridesharing: The Driver, The Rider
  • Salary sacrificing to super

March 2022

  • On-boarding new employees
  • Paying employees super through a super clearing house
  • In-specie super contributions
  • Employee allowances
  • Cashflow forecasts
  • RAT and PCR Tests - Favourable tax treatment for employers

February 2022

  • Single Touch Payroll 2: The Time has come
  • Consolidate your super
  • What does Temporary Full Expensing (TFE) of assets mean for me?
  • Topping up your concessional contributions
  • Your Business Structure

December 2021

  • Have you obtained your director ID? Make sure your do
  • Where there's a will, there's often a dispute
  • Superannuation budget measures one step closer
  • ATO's ABN cancellation program continues

November 2021

  • New laws to improve the way super is divided in divorce
  • CGT on sales of property inherited by a foreign resident
  • CGT retirement exemption where gain is made by a company or trust
  • ATO extends COVID-19 relief measures for SMSFs
  • Becoming the executor of a deceased estate

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