Ideas & Stories

The best tax break in years? Just maybe!

Fringe Benefits Tax squashed the excesses of the 1980s. Business owners once buried the costs of their big lunches, expense accounts, holidays, and private motor vehicle costs into the costs of their business. Those expenses were all pre-tax …
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Tax tips from Andrea

Awesome Tax Deduction disappears in just 3 months. We forget that one of the great Covid initiatives was ability to write off 100% of all depreciable capital equipment acquired during the financial year. All in one hit. Furthermore, if that …
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Late Super Payments

This is not a new topic but unfortunately many business owners do not seem to be aware of the serious implications regarding late payments of super. The rules are tough… and the penalties are way out of proportion. We had a call from a …
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Maximising Employee (and Director) Working from Home Expenses Claims

The ATO simplifies the rules (a bit). For the past few months, our cities and office towers have been almost empty. People are working from home. Even as we contemplate a future return to work, there is a realisation that work habits, social …
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