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This Renovation Tip can Save you Thousands

This renovation tip can save you thousands Renovating an investment property is different to renovating your own home. Whether the renovation is big or small, you will be taking a head over heart approach and doing what will help you improve your return on investment....

Perth Property Outlook 2020

The Perth Property Market Outlook - Update It’s been a unique year for Perth’s property market as WA has navigated the impacts of COVID-19. While garnering national attention in early 2020 when four consecutive months of price growth indicated the progression of...

Discretionary Trusts (NSW): Foreign Persons – Surcharge land tax & purchaser duty

Discretionary Trusts in NSW: Foreign Persons – Surcharge land tax & purchaser duty Recently enacted changes to purchaser duties and land tax arrangements will expand surcharges for trusts which include foreign persons as beneficiaries. Legislation passed to amend...

Absentee Owner Surcharges | Duties Act 2000 (Victoria)

Absentee Owner Surcharges | Duties Act 2000 (Victoria) From the 2020 land tax year, an absentee owner surcharge of 2% applies to Victorian land owned by an absentee owner. The surcharge was 1.5% from 1 January 2017 and 0.5% for the 2016 land tax year. The absentee...

Federal Budget 2020 | Personal Income Tax Changes

Key insights Bringing forward personal income tax cuts should result in an immediate cash increase for most employees. Low income earners will receive additional support through the increase to the Low Income Tax Offset and maintaining the current Low and Middle...

Federal Budget 2020 | Aged Care Updates

Enhanced access, quality and safety in aged care The 2020-21 Budget provides a record level of $2.0 billion support into aged care over four years to progress reforms to deliver improved outcomes for consumers and providers. Support for consumers includes: $1.6...

Federal Budget 2020 | Business Tax Changes

The Budget has introduced temporary measures intending to stimulate business investment and deliver further cash flow benefits. Key insights To assist eligible businesses impacted by COVID-19, temporary tax loss carry-back measures have been introduced to offset...

Business Survival & Adaptation Package

Welcome to Part Three of The Business Support Fund – Expansion. If small business has a choice, I am sure that they would prefer to have not been affected over the past six months by COVID-19 and would like to operate under normal circumstances like many other small...

How Comprehensive Credit Reporting Will Boost Your Credit Score

The Comprehensive Credit Reporting has improved credit scores of many Australians since 1 July 2018. In fact, recent data show that almost half of Australians have improved their credit scores with the new reporting scheme. But what is Comprehensive Credit Reporting...

Family Guarantee: What Is It and How First Home Buyers Can Use It

Family guarantee or guarantor home loan is a kind of agreement between the borrower and the lender that enables the borrower to get a home loan using the equity in his family's home. It serves as a security for part or for your entire mortgage. Family could be your...

Have you considered setting up a SMSF?

Reasons for setting up an SMSF Most people invest their Superannuation in Retail or Industry Superfunds with their employers making contributions of Super guarantee contributions and sometimes salary sacrifice. Fund managers then make investment selection on behalf of...

Now Is The Right Time To Invest In Property

Should you invest in property this 2020 while there is a pandemic? As people the world over panic and the economy grinds to a terrible halt with Australian property experts painting a grim future for the property market, you most probably have set aside your plans to...