The tax office has released the 2013FY Tax Variation forms and has now started processing those requests. Each variation only last until the end of each financial year, so if you’ve lodged one in the past then you may want to consider requesting another one for the new year – which is only six weeks away now! Read more
On first glance, it looks like Labor have given up on their chances of winning the next election but are giving it one last shot to win voters over. The budget could loosely be described as a marketing ploy – moreso than usual – with more middle-class welfare bribes, removal of business tax cuts, and a small but highly marketable surplus. Read more
There’s never a shortage of exciting news at the House of Wealth, with Samantha & I proud to announce that we are expecting a baby boy in late August or early September this year!
We were browsing the Private Rulings register recently and noticed two somewhat similar scenarios had been given two very different answers by the tax office. Both rulings related to the deductibility of interest on a block of land, with intent to rebuild an investment property for long-term income.
The tax office issued a draft determination last year on the topic of using a capitalising line of credit to fund interest repayments on an investment property whilst using the rent to pay down personal debt. They’ve now finalised that determination and there are a few important points to consider as a result.
Just a quick note to remind you that if you’ve not yet submitted the information for your 2011 returns, you should probably move quickly.
After getting a little frustrated with our previous bankers, we’ve broken up with them and moved onto Bank of Melbourne.
In their continual efforts to catch tax cheats, the tax office are boosting their data matching projects and we thoughts that two of these in particular might be of interest to you.
It’s been a good break, but we’re back in the office again now and ready to help you with all of your property accounting needs.
Just a quick note to introduce you all to our new admin superstar, Emma, and perhaps reacquaint you with James’ father, Dale.