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By Julia Hartman
Download PDF I am very disappointed with this budget it claims to help people buy their own home but throws the homeless and those not in a position to buy under a bus. A small investor buying an established home to provide rental accommodation will pay more tax than an investor in shares, …
Download PDF What is a developing country? Bhutan has a maximum speed limit of 60kmph, most of the time you are lucky to be able to do 30kmph. The roads are narrow, steep, windy, shared with pedestrians, horses, cows, dogs, yaks, monkeys and occasionally the toddler children of road workers who seem to know …
Download PDF A clearance certificate is now required to sell any real estate in Australia. If you do not provide one, 15% of the sale price will be withheld at settlement and sent to the ATO. You can make the application yourself on the ATO web site here https://www.ato.gov.au/single-page-applications/frwt-certificate#applicationtype Be careful to use this …
Download PDF Australia does not have an inheritance tax as such but watch them rip into your inheritance if it comes from overseas. This blog covers most common scenarios but not all possible circumstances. It is certainly not definitive advice. Firstly, what is an overseas estate? One that does not have an …
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 …