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By Julia Hartman
Download PDF General Deductions: You can only pay a maximum of 12 months in advance. In the case of interest payments check if the bank will let you do this and that they do treat it as an interest payment not just let it reduce the loan balance. If you pay rates, insurance …
Download PDF 2024-2025 Federal Budget Summary This is a very succinct summary of the budget, just the parts that we consider relevant to our clients’ financial decisions. There is plenty of detail available on web sites and in the newspapers, this blog is intended to help you just get the information you need in …
Download PDF This article is dedicated to the client who sold his rental property just before he retired rather than just after. A very frugal man who does not waste money on tax advice. For the sake of a bit over a year he paid more than $30,000 extra in tax. At times here …
Download PDF – Updated 19th May 2023 Year End Check List HECS: This is top of the list because you need to act before 1st June 2023. Each year your HECS debt and other student loans is indexed for inflation on the 1st June. This year the indexing is expected to be around 7%. …
Download PDF Is it really giving unto Ceasar what is Ceasar’s when you pay tax on your earnings to save up and buy an asset, then inflation increases the value of the asset so that if you sell it or gift it you have to pay more tax? It looks to me more like …