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By Julia Hartman
Download PDF Pay careful attention this year because it is very likely that your tax deductions are never going to be so valuable again. For every dollar you spend on tax deductions, if your income is between $45,000 and $120,000 the ATO will refund you 34.5 cents where as next year it will …
Download DOCX – This comprehensive document is designed to capture all the information your executor/s and attorney/s need. There are lots of prompts, and also free text fields so you can explain whatever you need to. – You do not need to complete every section, only what applies to you, so follow the regular ‘skip …
Download PDF It is time all the reactionary politicians got their facts straight. The only thing that is going to improve the housing crisis is more housing not punishing landlords. That is like moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. Landlord’s need to offset their losses, for example large repairs for tenant damage. Nevertheless, we …
Download PDF Unless everyone you want to provide for already has income of over $135,000 a year investment bonds do not offer a tax benefit. Even then the limited tax benefit may be completely offset by the fact that capital gains on investment bonds do not qualify for the 50% CGT discount. Probably the …
Download PDF The taxpayer, Paul Lance, argued that the sale of Sutton Farm as one block with subdivision approval was the sale of a property that he had intended to occupy as his home. He tried to argue that he only applied for the subdivision so his children could live there too. Therefore, he …