by Team Garnet | Mar 3, 2021 | Tax News
If you are working two or more jobs casually or if you have overlapping contract work, you need to be careful to avoid an end of financial year tax debt. With insecure, contract and casual work becoming increasingly common, particularly in the current COVID-19...
by Team Garnet | Feb 24, 2021 | Superannuation, Tax News
From 1 July 2021, the general pension transfer balance cap will increase from $1.6m to $1.7m due to indexation. “Indexation is a technique to adjust income payments by means of a price index, in order to maintain the purchasing power of the public after...
by Team Garnet | Feb 17, 2021 | Superannuation, Tax News
The data-matching programs just keep coming from the ATO this year, this time it will be focusing on data pertaining to the temporary early access to super due to COVID-19 and the JobMaker Hiring Credit. In relation to the early access of super, the ATO will be...
by Team Garnet | Jul 16, 2018 | Superannuation, Tax News
If you are the trustee of one of the approximately 577,000 SMSFs in Australia at the moment, there are some areas the ATO wants you to pay particular attention to including the sole-purpose test, the in-house asset rules, unlawful schemes and arrangements, and...
by Team Garnet | Jul 9, 2018 | Tax News
Beware of work-related clothing and laundry expense claims this tax time, the ATO is cracking down on individuals making unsubstantiated and exaggerated claims. It has reminded taxpayers that only uniform, protective or occupation-specific clothing that you are...
by Team Garnet | Jul 4, 2018 | Superannuation, Tax News
From 1 July 2018, people aged 65 or over will be able to make additional non-concessional contributions of up to $300,000 from downsizing their home subject to certain conditions. This is in addition to the concessional and non-concessional contribution caps. However,...
