Price Increase are NOT Dirty Words

“Price Increase” are NOT Dirty Words!

In today’s world, everything is going up.  Fuel, electricity and especially food have gone through the roof.  Wages, of course have increased, as has the level of super to be paid to employees.  If you’re a tenant, your rent has gone up astronomically.  If you’re a landlord, the cost of owning a property has hugely…

Tax Financial Year End Checklist

Tax Financial Year End Checklist

Check out 30 items to do – and some you should have done already.  Still a lot of to do’s this June and July to prepare for the tax financial year end. Here are some things you should already have done in April and May.  In case you haven’t, be sure to tick off in…

Budget Bonanza

Budget Bonanza!

Ok, I for one am feeling somewhat positive about this budget, both for individuals and for small business.   Of course, these ‘promises’ have to be passed and approved … but at least they are on the drawing board and unfortunately many of the ‘benefits’ are not going to occur for some time … so it…

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ATO Becomes More Aggressive On Offshore Tax Dodgers

In these difficult times, all governments are worried about maximizing tax collections. That is why the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has become very aggressive in surveillance. They are closely tracking instances of siphoning off money to offshore accounts, mostly to countries called Tax Heavens or to places where there is bank secrecy code protecting the…