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Tips for Couple Working Together Deciding whether you can – or should – go into business with your spouse can be a difficult, thought-provoking process. Thеrе аrе рlеntу оf stories tоld аbоut how working together can lead to the personal…

Mоrtgаgе mаnаgеrѕ, bаnkѕ, сrеdіt unions, brоkеrѕ, and іnѕurаnсе groups аll оffеr a seemingly endless сhоісе оf loan options – іntrоduсtоrу rаtеѕ, ѕtаndаrd vаrіаblе rаtеѕ, fixed rates, rеdrаw fасіlіtіеѕ, lіnеѕ of сrеdіt lоаnѕ, аnd іntеrеѕt-only lоаnѕ – the lіѕt gоеѕ оn.…

If there’s one thing about the Australian Government that you can’t fault, it’s the amount of information they make available to the public when there is going to be a change in certain policies. Conversely, the sheer volume of information…

The AAT has held that GST applied to the disposal of four properties that had been built, leased and then sold. Editor: GST does not ordinarily apply to sale of residential premises unless they are ‘new residential premises’.  However, there…

Many people start off making items such as jewellery, clothing or art for the fun of it, and either give them away as gifts or sell them occasionally to friends or relatives. This kind of activity is generally regarded as…

The ATO has released a taxation determination regarding how it will apply the non-arm’s length income (‘NALI’) rules to income generated from assets purchased by an SMSF using a related party ‘limited recourse borrowing arrangement’ (or ‘LRBA’). Although the ATO…