Julia's Blog
By Julia Hartman
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 This was an appeal by the ATO to the Federal Court when they lost an ARTA case called Shaw’s Case. Where an employee long haul truck driver who was paid an allowance for travel expenses was found to have genuinely incurred travel expenses, ie he had to eat! The truck driver was …
Download PDF Before you start make sure you get advice on all the tax considerations, there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake! Main Residence Exemption If you are considering a knockdown rebuild of your home that you purchased after 19th September, 1985, it is important to realise that your main residence …
Download PDF Delays in administrating an estate can now have huge tax consequences according to the ATO’s latest draft, draft ruling. This draft, draft isn’t even available to the public or most Accountants yet, but its likely retrospective application means we need to be prepared. This could tax everything from the family home to …
Download PDF There are huge tax consequences of being in a property business. You can hold a property for many years and the ATO can still claim that you purchased it with the intention of resale at a profit. So subject to income tax, no 50% CGT discount and with new or substantially renovated …