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Towards Zero Interest Rates (and what it means to you)
The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely tipped to reduce interest rates again to historic lows. Easton Wealth economist Emmanuel Calligeris explores the impact.
Ensuring your voice is heard
When you’re here to supervise your worldly affairs, your voice, which reflects your current views, is heard, and more often than not, heeded. But when you’re not here, what voice will be heard? Will it be your most recent voice; an old voice from several years ago; or the voice of government legislation? Unfortunately, all too often, it is voice number two, or worse, three.
Don’t wait until your 60s to see a financial adviser
Ask most 30 year olds who their financial planner is and the typical response might be ‘huh?’ After all, financial advisers are for older people with plenty of money to invest, aren’t they?
If you haven’t reviewed your loans in the last 12 months, you need to read this …
The world of lending has changed over past few years, with the Royal Commission findings and banks reducing the availability of funding. If saving money and reducing the amount you pay to the banks is important to you, it’s important to us.
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State of the States: Vic takes top spot for first time
NSW loses top spot for first time since 2014
Can the tax office take money out of your account? Your right to know
can the ATO take money out of your account without advising you first? With the support of the courts, absolutely and a whole lot more.
Calculating Super Guarantee: The new rules
From 1 July 2020, new rules will come into effect to ensure that an employee’s salary sacrifice contributions cannot be used to reduce the amount of superannuation guarantee (SG) paid by the employer.
Vacant land deduction changes hit ‘Mum & Dad’ property developments
Legislation that passed through Parliament last month prevents taxpayers from claiming a deduction for expenses incurred for holding vacant land. The amendments are not only retrospective but go beyond purely vacant land.
CGT and the family home: Expats and Foreigners targeted again
The Government has resurrected its plan to remove access to the main residence exemption for non-residents – a move that will impact on expats and foreign residents.
Tax alert: Distributions to non-resident beneficiaries
The ATO’s recently released interpretation of the tax treatment of capital gains distributed by an Australian discretionary trust to non-resident beneficiaries will have a significant negative impact for some.