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Super Strategies for EOFY

We talk to a lot of clients about the best strategies to maximise their superannuation balance prior to retirement. The more money you have in super when you retire, the more choice you have about your retirement lifestyle. At present, you and your..

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The 120% deduction for skills training and technology costs

It’s a great headline, isn’t it? Spend $100 and get a $120 tax deduction. Days after the Federal Budget announcement that businesses will be able to claim a 120% deduction for expenditure on training and technology costs, we started receiving..

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Can I claim a tax deduction for my gym membership?

There are lots of reasons to keep fit, but very few of them have to do with how we earn our income. As a result, a tax deduction for a gym membership isn’t available to most people. And yes, the Tax Office has heard all the arguments before about..

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Tax planning checklist for Businesses, Individuals and Retirees – what to watch out for in 21/22

Business Taxpayers

Business taxpayers will need to prepare for the new year as well as the current year.

Prepare for the following:

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Why Family Trusts need tax planning in 2022?

All those with family trusts need to do some tax planning and, at a bare minimum, review the cash distributions and prepare a Resolution before 30 June 2022.

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The effect of rising inflation

The word 'inflation' doesn't only dominate business news headlines, but finds its way into general news reports too.

So, what is inflation and how does it affect you?

In simple terms, inflation signifies a rise in the price of goods and services,..

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Changes to Hubdoc Fetch and Supplier Invoices

WLM encourages our business clients to use cloud-based tools to automate the capture of supplier invoices and bank transactions. If you are not currently using a tool to do this, please talk to us so we can assist you.

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The Digitisation Budget 2022-23

This is a safe, ballot box friendly Budget, as expected, focusing on jobs, cost of living, homeownership, and health.

Key initiatives include:

  • A 6 month, 50% reduction in fuel excise with effect from midnight Budget night
  • A $420 cost of living tax..
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Instant asset write-off extended

Temporary full expensing (in the first year of use) enables your business to fully expense the cost of:

  • new depreciable assets
  • improvements to existing eligible assets, and
  • second-hand assets
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Are Your Contractors Really Employees?

Two landmark cases before the High Court highlight the problem of identifying whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee for tax and superannuation purposes.

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