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The ATO recently announced that the rate at which work-related car expense deductions may be calculated using the cents per kilometre method will be 68 cents per km commencing 1 July 2018 (up from 66…  Read more

Working from home as a contractor sounds like the ultimate dream for anyone who is sick and tired of the rat race, but be cautious as contractors still have more than their fair share of challenges.…  Read more

Since the weekend all ATO systems have been offline as the ATO suffers a “World First” system failure for a government tax authority.  Apparently the hardware supplied and supported by Hewlett Packard has crashed as…  Read more

Please note from June through to October the Melton Council is rejuvenating the area out the front of the Melton office which has resulted in Palmerston Street being closed and much of the area fenced…  Read more

Case study: for $35 per week, you could own an investment property too Owning an investment property can be far more affordable for potential investors than they think, particularly when they claim all of the…  Read more

Tax fraud is one of the quickest growing areas for scams which tax payers need to be aware and protect themselves against. One such scam which I have experienced many times is where the scammers…  Read more

Ever since Budget Night on the 12 May 2015 any small business with turnover of less than $2,000,000 was able to purchase assets up to the value of $20,000 and get an immediate tax deduction for them…  Read more

Small businesses win work by using sales quotes. Yet they often don’t realise that how they prepare quotes can cost them business. Many lose revenue by not following up on quotes or turning quotes around…  Read more

Your employees are the blood of your entrepreneurial life. No start-up will survive without a good set of people making sure that things run perfectly. The problem for you and any other entrepreneur is making…  Read more

Everyone would like to become a better investor. People get into a twist trying this method and that only to abandon them for the next new thing. There’s an easier way, and it involves following…  Read more