by Team Garnet | Oct 8, 2022 | ATO, Business Structures, Small Business, Tax News
Did you know you can vary your pay-as-you-go (PAYG) instalments due to a change in your financial situation? Should you be varying your PAYG instalments? Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) instalments are prepayments of your expected income tax for the year. If your total PAYG...
by Team Garnet | Sep 30, 2022 | Investments, Money, Superannuation, Tax News
To encourage downsizing, a new Bill has been introduced to extend the existing assets test exemption under social security and change the rate of deeming of proceeds of sale. In a bid to support pensioners and in conjunction with the announcement to reduce the...
by Team Garnet | Aug 24, 2022 | Business Structures, Small Business, Superannuation, Tax News
The government has introduced a raft of legislative changes covering businesses, individuals and superannuation. The new Labor government has wasted no time in introducing a raft of legislative changes in relation to previously abandoned measures and to implement its...
by Team Garnet | Aug 10, 2022 | Garnet Business Services, Tax News
ATO is again focusing on income and deductions this tax time for rental properties. Just as with previous income years, tax time 2022 is no different, the ATO has again cited rental property income and deductions as one of the 4 key focus areas, along with...
by Team Garnet | Aug 5, 2022 | Small Business, Tax News
An employee’s private use of an electric car provided by an employer may soon be exempt from FBT if newly introduced legislation passes Parliament. During the 2022 election campaign, Labor announced its Electric Car Discount policy in order to make electric cars...
by Team Garnet | Jul 20, 2022 | Business Structures, Small Business, Tax News
New ATO guidelines will soon allow professionals with an ownership interest in their firm to self-assess the risk of their profit allocation arrangement. If you run a professional services firm there are many tax issues to consider in allocating profits. The ATO is...
