Are you receiving personal services income? Do you earn personal services income (PSI)? While most people may think that it only applies to builders or tradies, the truth is that may also apply to any instance where individuals work and earn income using their personal effort or skills. PSI generally only applies to individuals who […]
Proposed changes to stage 3 tax cuts announced With the government finally caving into pressure to change the stage 3 income tax cuts despite its previous promises to keep the already legislated measures, new proposed tax rates have been flagged to come into place from 1 July 2024, largely – in comparison to the legislated […]
ASIC’s new alert list offers guidance on suspicious investment “opportunities” As a part of the government strategy to target investment scams, ASIC and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) – through the newly formed National Anti-Scam Centre – have published an investor alert list which may help consumers to identify whether entities they are […]
ASIC calls on lenders to support customers With the cost of living crisis and increase in interest rates hitting Australian households, there is growing evidence that many are falling into financial stress. It is with this background that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an open letter to various banks, credit institutions, […]
Tax time 2023: lodgment period underway The ATO has given the green light for taxpayers with uncomplicated financial affairs to lodge their returns. It says that the information it collects from employers, banks, private health insurers, share registries and other institutions has now been pre-filled and is ready to go on either myTax (accessed through […]
Federal Budget Update Personal tax rates and offsets for 2023–2024 and beyond With no announced changes in the Federal Budget to personal tax rates and offsets for the 2023–2024 income year and beyond, now is the time to do some tax planning for the current and future years. For the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 income years, […]
Is your content making you income? The ATO has warned content creators that they need to be aware of their income tax and GST obligations. Tip: Examples of content creators are individuals who write a blog, post make-up tutorials to social media or stream gaming or other activities for others to watch. If you start […]
Cheaper child care on the horizon Families struggling with the current cost of living crisis could soon have some relief with cheaper child care coming mid-year. The recently passed child care subsidy reforms were a component of Labor’s election platform, with a promise to make early childhood education and child care more affordable. According to […]
Working from home expenses: new fixed rate A new revised fixed-rate method for calculating working from home expenses will soon apply. From 1 July 2022, employees who work from home can no longer use the 80 cents per hour “shortcut” method for claiming their related expenses. The revised fixed-rate method allows claiming 67 cents per […]
Non-deductible threshold removed for self education expenses Self education expenses are generally tax-deductible for individuals if there’s a sufficient connection with your income-producing activities.However, until new legislation was recently passed, the amount you could deduct was limited by s 82A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 so that only the amount spent over a $250 […]
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