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Are you meeting your Pay As You Go (PAYG) Withholding obligations? If you are running a business, you can no longer claim deductions for payments to employees or workers if you have not met your PAYG obligations. This applies to tax returns lodged for the 2020 year onwards
No tax deductions for unmet tax obligations
Don’t lose your tax deduction for your employee or contractor payments. Do lodge your BAS on time and lodge your STP events every time you pay wages and withhold the correct amounts from your payments to employees and subcontractors. Read why.
Superannuation tax hints
Superannuation is a very tax-effective vehicle to save for retirement. We outline some tips to help you maximise your super.
Tax tips and tax return hints
Find out if you’re entitled to the following tax offsets (rebates) and deductions for the year ended 30 June 2019.
2019 Tax Planning
In the wake of this month’s Federal Election, our combined focus needs to be on how you can save tax before 30 June 2019! Here are 2 key areas that will affect you in the short term.
On-time BAS lodgement important more than ever
Read why, from 1 July 2019, if you don’t meet your PAYG withholding obligations for your workers, by not deducting tax from their payments and not reporting it to the ATO, you could lose your deduction.
What the 2019 Federal Election means for you!
We’re not trying to recommend who you should vote for, but instead we believe that it is vital that our clients understand how they will be affected by the result of the Election.
Federal Budget update 2019/20
Read why this year’s Federal Budget is an ‘election budget’ with future tax cuts for all Australians, especially low and middle income earners. Overall, there were minimal changes to super proposed in the Budget, with minor changes to super contributions for older Australians.
Depreciation explained
Depreciation affects your bottom line, your tax bill, and the value of your business. Those are three good reasons to learn what depreciation is and how it works. Here are the basics.
Home office expenses
Expenses you can claim If you’re an employee who regularly works from home, you may be able to claim a deduction for expenses relating to that work. These are generally home office running expenses, and phone and internet expenses. In limited circumstances you may also… Read More >>
