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Tanya Plibersek Labor Party

Top 10 Tax Policies of the Australian Labour Party

Most bookmakers have the Australian Labour Party as unbackable favourites to win the May 2019 Federal election. As such, subject to successfully negotiations with ...
tax deductible pets

Eight Pets That Can Be Tax Deductible

Dogs on farms for rounding up sheep, cattle and other livestock.Fish at workplaces (office and factories). Birds at the workplace. Guard dogs at factories.Dogs ...
smoking

Ten Deductions Employees Should Never Have Claimed

Adult industry workers claiming breast implants.Employees claiming cigarettes for stress relief at work.Driving instructors claiming speeding and parking fines.Prescription glasses, contact lenses and hearing ...
adult industry

9 Unusual Work Deductions

Adult industry workers can claim costumes, lingerie, fetish equipment, and adult novelties - if used solely for income earning purposes. Bar staff can claim ...
Tampon tax

Tampon Tax Abolished on January 1, 2019

Eighteen years after its introduction, the 10% tax on tampons and pads was removed after states and territories agreed to make sanitary products exempt ...
fail

Accountants Fail as Business Advisors

Australia has 2.2 million businesses, of which 2,065,523 are defined as small businesses (employing less than 19 people). The ATO statistics show 96.7% of ...
self obsessed

Accountants Obsessed with Themselves

With the explosion of social media over the last decade, accountants (like a large percentage of the population), have become obsessed with themselves. A ...

5% of Tax Practitioners are Breaking the Law

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) 2017/18 annual report highlights that only 95% of practitioners are compliant with all aspects of the law. For the ...
Tax practisioners board

Registered Tax Practitioner Numbers Surge to 77,749

As at 30th June 2018 there are 42,561 tax agents, 15,638 business activity statement (BAS) agents and 19,550 tax (financial) advisers regulated by the ...
innovation

Where are the Innovative Accountants?

Have a read of the average accountant’s website, and the word ‘innovation’ keeps popping up. There is no doubt accountants have heard of the ...