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By Julia Hartman
Download PDF At least the Reserve Bank has slowed down its rate of increase to only ¼%. Maybe that is a good sign the rate rises will stop soon. These days I am regularly asked whether a client should fix their loan. This is all about which way rates will go over the fixing period. …
Download PDF Other than in the very rare circumstances where crypto is just purchased to buy a personal asset, any gain or loss you make on crypto is subject to tax. So don’t forget to bring your details with you when you do your tax return. The ATO are right onto data matching your transactions …
Keeping the Nexus Between the Borrowing and the Expenditure What the borrowed money is used to buy determines whether the interest on the loan is tax deductible. That is the basic rule. The link between the borrowing and the expenditure is called the nexus. This nexus needs to be very clear. You need to be …
Building Wealth in Any Environment With all the uncertainty surrounding investment at the moment, it was interesting that we had so much material for our recent seminar with Noel Whittaker, on the tried and true methods of building wealth no matter what the politicians get up to. Don’t use the current uncertainty as an excuse …