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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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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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PCR and RAT tests to be tax deductible, FBT free

The Treasurer has announced that PCR and rapid antigen tests (RAT) will be tax deductible for individuals and exempt from fringe benefits tax (FBT) for employers if purchased for work purposes.

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Year of the Tiger: Roaring or Bellowing?

The 2022 Luna New Year, Year of the Tiger, is courage and bravery. It is a year to drive out evil and one of momentum and change. The message; walk boldly with courage. And it seems the Reserve Bank Governor is aligned with this sentiment.

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McDonald's convicted for ATO compliance failure

McDonald’s Australia has been convicted and fined for failing to provide documents to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

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Engineering, Medical, Legal. New ATO guidance for Professional Firms

The ATO has finalised its guidance on the Allocation of Professional Firm Profits (or commonly known as income splitting) that will apply from 1 July 2022.

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