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Related party purchases must be clean

  Trustees must ensure any purchase from a related party is not a proxy for a loan or financial assistance to avoid breaching their obligations.  

How your coming tax cut could pay off

  Over the coming weeks, around 12 million working Australians will start receiving extra cash in their pay packets as a result of changes to personal income tax brackets announced by the federal government.  

Comprehensive list of COVID-19 initiatives and packages.

  The response by our Governments to the COVID-19 crisis has been a very good one.  Following is a comprehensive listing of links to important Federal and State initiatives and programs since the pandemic began.  

Commissioner registers updated JobKeeper alternative tests

  The Commissioner of Taxation has now released the updated alternative decline in turnover tests for the JobKeeper extension.  

Varying Pay As You Go (PAYG) Instalments

  The first instalment of 2021 income tax, due for quarterly taxpayers on 28th October may be varied down.  

Reminder of Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS)

  A warning to taxpayers who may be considering cancelling private health insurance because of higher premiums starting for many on 1st October 2020.  

How to construct an effective portfolio

  Portfolio construction is always a popular topic among investors, but as markets become more volatile, the practice of carefully piecing together a jigsaw of investments that weathers both good times and bad is particularly relevant.  

Estate planning opportunities highlighted with work test changes

  With the work test changes for over-65s opening up opportunities for recontribution strategies, clients may be able to even up balances and adopt tax strategies for estate planning, particularly once the bring-forward measure is passed, says a technical expert.  

Lenders are getting tougher on older borrowers

  Australian banks this month started the largest ever customer contact program in the industry's history.  

JobKeeper Participants – are “workers”

  Although JobKeeper has been in place for many months and is now scaling back, all eligible participants may not have enrolled. The program is targeted to workers in the broad sense.  

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