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2023 Please read prior to your appointment
Your income summary (if employed) must be marked as TAX READY in MyGov in order for me to be able to complete your return, if it’s not please reschedule.NEW CLIENTS – have completed the onboarding process via Seamlss. You would…
Tax return tips – Deductions
Deductions When completing your tax return, you’re entitled to claim deductions for some expenses, most of which should be directly related to earning your income (called “work-related expenses”). Naturally, a deduction reduces your taxable income and means you pay less…
Tax return tips- Income
Income that must be declared The taxability of some forms of income may seem obvious, but in keeping with our objective of being thorough, here is a list of common types of income that must be declared on your tax…
Tax return tips – General
Tax return tips Despite the current COVID-19 world in which we live, the procedures for completing and lodging tax returns remains pretty much the same. So, before we sit down with you to go over your tax return, certain information…
2020 Please read prior to your appointment
Your income summary must be marked as TAX READY in MyGov in order for me to be able to complete your return, if it’s not please reschedule. NEW CLIENTS – must bring photo ID and your Tax File Number Please…
Corona Virus Stimulus package
I had been hesitant about posting about the stimulus package announced last week as it wasn’t the final package, and it hasn’t been passed by Parliament yet. But I have been receiving a lot of questions regarding what’s on offer…
Fictions (and facts) about work expense deductions
There can be varied sources for some of the myths about tax deductions —pub-talk, BBQ-banter, hairdresser-homilies, what-your-taxi-driver-just-heard and many others. We sort out fact from fiction. This year’s tax time saw media reports about various outlandish tax claims — for…
ATO expects many laundry claims will be hung out to dry
This tax time, the ATO, as usual, has nominated some tax claim hot spots that it will be paying attention to — and which you should approach with caution when claiming these deductions. For example, the ATO has already flagged…
Rental property owners: Top 10 tips to avoid common tax mistakes
The ATO is reminding rental property owners that each year it sees some fairly common mistakes being made with tax claims, and the outcomes that result, in regard to investment properties. It has therefore released a list of the top…
Personal deductions for car parking expenses
Car parking fees incurred in the course of producing assessable income are generally deductible, but special rules apply if the car is used by an employee to commute between home and work or the car is provided to the employee…