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Download PDF Last Updated: 28th January 2025 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 …
(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 …
Fly In Fly Out Workers Salary Sacrificing Their Airfares Make sure your employer pays for your airfares direct, not reimburses you or the salary sacrifice is at best a waste of time, or at worse going to cost you more than if you just paid the airfares out of your after tax take home pay. …
Claiming Property Expense When Not Rented The big question is – “What is Exceptional Damage Beyond Your Reasonable Control?” The answer in the case of the above photo would depend on a DNA test because if your family does the damage, no tax deduction. What a segue! Sounds a lot more interesting than discussing …
Don’t Panic! The radio stations will soon start threatening doom and gloom if you don’t lodge your tax return by 31st October, 2019!!! Tax agents are provided with a lodgement program so they can lodge tax returns for most of the year and retain quality staff. It is not a matter of making …