Category: Business
Agricultural workers: stop missing legitimate tax deductions
Most agricultural workers aren’t under-claiming because they lack expenses. They’re under-claiming because they don’t understand the rules. If you’re working on a farm, station, ...
Agricultural & forestry scientists, stop guessing your tax deductions
I see this every year. Brilliant scientists, terrible tax claims. If you’re working in crops, livestock, soils, forestry, climate modelling or remote field research, ...
Advertising & marketing professionals – what you can and can’t claim
If you work in advertising or marketing, your deductions can add up quickly, but this is also an area the ATO watches closely. Here’s ...
Actuaries, mathematicians & statisticians, this is where the ATO is looking
If your work is analytical, computer-based and highly technical, the ATO already knows the pattern. That’s why claims for equipment, software, study and work-from-home get extra ...
The $1,000 deduction won’t hurt all firms, only the ones built on volume
The $1,000 standard deduction won’t wipe out accounting firms overnight. It will do something far more dangerous. It will quietly remove work. Australia has ...
$1,000 standard work-related deduction
From 1 July 2026, the ATO is introducing a $1,000 standard work-related deduction. If your deductions are $1,000 or less, you’ll be able to claim ...
Christmas parties, gifts & tax: what actually works!
Every December I see businesses make the same mistake. They spend good money on Christmas parties and gift and accidentally make them tax-inefficient. A ...
Job costing tells you what happened. Benchmarking tells you whether it’s acceptable
In my last post, I talked about why most businesses don’t actually know which jobs make them money. Job costing gives you visibility. That’s ...
Most small businesses don’t actually know which jobs make them money
They think they do. They don’t. Sales are up. The bank balance says otherwise. When we look under the bonnet, the issue is usually ...
The fastest way for small businesses to grow? expand their sales channels
Most small businesses hit a growth ceiling for one simple reason: They’re selling in the same place, in the same way, to the same ...