Category Archives for Tax

February 2025 Client Alert

February 2025 – Client Alert

How do I prove my work-related expenses to the ATO?

How do I prove my work-related expenses to the ATO?   This is a really common question we get from clients with simple and more complicated affairs.   When submitting a tax return you are…

The business and economic year ahead for 2025

The business and economic year ahead for 2025 An election, a growing deficit, geopolitical instability, looming trade wars, and continued cost of living stress. Sounds like fun, right?     But it’s not all doom…

Client Alert – December 2024

December 2024 – Client Alert

Can my overseas employee be subject to Australian employment laws?

The Fair Work Commission has determined that a Philippines based “independent contractor” was an employee unfairly dismissed by her Australian employer.  And this begs the question, can my overseas employee be subject to Australian employment…

November 2024 – Client Alert

November 2024 – Client Alert

When is a gift not a gift for tax purposes?

The case of Rusanova and Commissioner of Taxation may have enough for a movie. The plot features an Australian resident Russian couple ‘gifted’ over $1.6m in unexplained bank deposits, over $67,000 in interest, the Russian father-in-law…

October 2024 Due Diligence Checklist – Purchasing a Business

October 24 – Due Diligence Checklist – Purchasing a Business

October 2024 – Client Alert

Client Alert – October 2024

You Guide Instant Asset Write-Off – 2023-2024

You Guide Instant Asset Write-Off – 2023-2024 You Guide Instant Asset Write-Off – 2023-2024. The instant asset write-off threshold increased from $1,000 to $20,000 for 2023-24. We explain what that means.   The increase to…