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By Julia Hartman
(Download PDF) This blog focuses on the outcome of MWWD v FCT 2020 https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?docid=JUD/2020ATC10-553/00001 It is worthy of a blog because it drives home two very important points that are regularly ignored because ‘everyone else is doing it’. So here it is in black and white: Point 1 – A payer can still have a …
Download PDF The Bar Has Been Raised On When an Expense Relates to your Work Cameron Lambourne might be inclined to agree with the ABC on this one after his day in front of the AAT. There was quite an alarming precedent set in this case which I will detail later on. The profession certainly …
Download PDF If you are considering a secondment overseas please make sure you get the right advice first. This blog is motivated by reading some poor advice from an Australian company sending an employee to work in the UK for 2 years. Basically, the employer told the employee that they could not tax their UK …
Expats Beware the Australian Government is After Your Main Residence Exemption Again! The bill to remove the main residence exemption for expats made its way through both houses in the final days of the 2019 parliament. It is a little tamer than the 2017 version but can still apply retrospectively to destroy your main residence …
(Download PDF) FBT and the Office Christmas Party There two important points you need to know. Firstly, that you are better to pay your staff a Christmas bonus and let them throw their own Christmas party. Second point is that there is no way you can dress up a Christmas party to be anything else …