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By Julia Hartman
(Download PDF) Educating yourself and seeking advice is something you associate with property investing but not buying a home to live in. Well, it didn’t take long at all for me to come up with 12 mistakes I have seen people make when buying a property to use as their home. I list them below, …
(Download PDF) This blog focuses on the outcome of MWWD v FCT 2020 https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?docid=JUD/2020ATC10-553/00001 It is worthy of a blog because it drives home two very important points that are regularly ignored because ‘everyone else is doing it’. So here it is in black and white: Point 1 – A payer can still have a …
Download PDF The Bar Has Been Raised On When an Expense Relates to your Work Cameron Lambourne might be inclined to agree with the ABC on this one after his day in front of the AAT. There was quite an alarming precedent set in this case which I will detail later on. The profession certainly …
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 …
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 …