What to look for when investing in Property

Whether you invest in shares or property or any other asset your return on that investment is generally a combination of your income return i.e. the rent or the dividend or interest and the capital growth you realise on that investment. How to Invest Most investors...

Statutory demands – What are they?

Understand Statutory Demand A statutory demand is a claim for a debt made by a person or company (creditor) against another company (debtor) for an amount over the statutory minimum as set out in the Corporations Act.  A Statutory Demand must comply with certain...

ATO focuses on unusually high work-related expense claims

Know your Work-Related Expenses Work-related claims such as claims for car, travel, self-education and clothing expenses, represent one of the largest categories of claims made in individual tax returns. Around 8.5 million individuals claim work-related expenses on...

Have a similar superannuation balance as your spouse?

By way of background since May 2007 it was common to increase the older person in the relationship superannuation balance at the expense of the younger spouse. Explaining your Spousal Balance Superannuation Let’s generalise and say for example you are born after 1965,...