The March 2022 budget introduced a bonus extra 20% deduction for technology expenditure for small businesses. In simple terms this means that if you spend $100 on eligible items you get to deduct $120 from your profits and therefore pay less tax. It will be capped at $100,000 of expenditure. Due to the slow process… Read More 120% Tax Deduction for Technology Expenditure
There has been much in the press recently about the government proposal to introduce a new $3m cap for super balances. The reasoning behind this is to reduce the tax advantages of the very wealthy who are lucky enough to have more than $3m in their superfund in the first place. There are estimated to… Read More Proposed Max Super Cap
As fraud becomes more prevalent, the ATO are updating their security to stop unauthorised agents accessing client business records on the ATO portal. As this new scheme is rolled out, business owners will receive an email of instructions from the ATO. You need to have your mygovID set up and be able to access your… Read More ATO is updating Security
Prior to 1 July 2022, individuals aged between 67 and 75 needed to satisfy a work test, of 40 hours work in 30 days, prior to making a voluntary superannuation contribution in order for it to be accepted. This work test requirement has now been removed for the following contributions; However, the potential trap is… Read More End of the Work Test – well kind of
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders may receive benefits such as cheaper medicine, refunded medical costs and discounts on rates, electricity, gas, dental, eye care and public transport. In order to access a card you need to have reached age pension age and pass an income test which has recently been substantially increased. The income limit… Read More Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
The age eligibility of the downsizer contribution has been lowered to 55 from 1 July 2022. This is in line with when average Australians actually downsize, which statistically is in their late 50’s to early 60’s. The downsizer contribution allows you to put $300k each into super when you sell your home. This is in… Read More Downsizer Contributions to Super
For those of you in pension phase, there has been an extension of the temporary reduction in superannuation minimum drawdown rates through to financial year 2022/23 From 1 July 2022 minimum pensions will again be halved for all account-based and term allocated income streams as follows: Account-based pension minimums Age Standard Minimum Reduced Minimum for 2022/23… Read More Pension Minimum – Relief Extended
The start of a new tax year results in PAYG instalments being automatically reset for the September quarter, even if they have been varied down previously. The ATO calculate instalments based on the last tax return lodged, which at this point in time is probably 2021 for most people. Therefore if your income in 2022/23… Read More Varying your PAYG Instalments
Just a warning that scam emails purporting to be from mygov are circulating. We received two of them today. If you receive an email that looks like the picture below, don’t click on it – just delete it. I guarantee you don’t have an unexpected refund!
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