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The History of Accounting Software for Small Businesses
Grab yourself a cup of tea or a coffee, folks. The history of accounting software is below.
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Tax Obligations For Car Sharing
The ATO has flagged these car sharing service platforms and believes that, by using their sophisticated data matching systems, they can identify where sharing platforms are being used to generate income.
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Small Businesses Do Need Tax Guidance
We’re glad to hear the head of the ATO, Chris Jordan, has come out recently and commented on tax obligations for small business people. It’s very complex, but so important that small business people get it right.
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Can I Claim Travel Expenses For My Rental Property?
Travel expenses relating to inspecting, maintaining, or collecting rent for a residential rental property cannot be claimed as deductions by investors. The travel expenditure is also not recognised in the cost base of the property for CGT purposes.
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Time Is Up For Dodgy Accountants
We absolutely love that the ATO has singled out the presence of about 500 dodgy tax agents in the Aussie tax community. The ATO assistant commissioner, Adam Kendrick, has recently spoke about these dodgy agents eating into market share of good quality, well trained tax agents…
Online Accommodation Rentals To Be Targeted By ATO
Australia has seen a huge surge in property owners renting their house or rooms out via the likes of the hugely popular Airbnb app. As a result, the ATO are now going to gain access to data match these online platforms.
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Rental Bond Data Matching By The ATO
The ATO is expanding its data matching program to include rental property bond data dating back to 20 September 1985 (the introduction of the CGT regime).
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Property Investment for Small Business Owners
In small business, a key asset protection strategy is to set up an investment trust outside of your main trading trust.
This investment trust is what buys your investment property.
You need to do this because you cannot have it in your name as the director of the company who is running the business. This is far too risky in a litigious society.
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