Get ready for tax time with ATO small business Tax Time toolkit. The 2024 Tax Time toolkit includes useful information, tools, calculators, learning resources, and other support and services. This toolkit is your one-stop-shop for help during tax time and throughout the year. You’ll find updated fact sheets...
How to claim tax deductions for home-based business expenses if you operate some or all of your business from home. What is a home-based business? A home-based business is one where an area of your home is set aside and used exclusively as a place of business. The...
Australian borrowers can breathe a sigh of relief as highly-anticipated inflation numbers land soft enough to dissolve fears of another interest rate hike The annual rate of headline inflation did accelerate, however, rising to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.6 per cent, marking the first increase...
South Australia has again been recognised as an economic powerhouse for its robust jobs market and strong building activity, prompting a jubilant reaction from Premier Peter Malinauskas, who said his state was leading the nation’s economy. SA topped CommSec’s July State of the States report, which...
A sharp fall in approvals for apartments and townhouses has dragged total building approval numbers lower, interrupting four months of gains. Higher interest rates and pricey materials, labour and other costs have been weighing on home building, contributing to the weakest financial year for new dwelling...
Many retirees worry they will chew through all their savings and those fears could be chilling conversations about transferring wealth down to their children, a survey by AMP has found. Young people are reluctant to bring up the topic of intergenerational wealth, with three in five...
Letting first-time buyers dip into their retirement savings for a housing deposit would push up house prices and, by extension, rents, new super industry analysis shows. Renters could end up paying $57 more a week in today’s dollars were dwelling prices to rise as a result...
When Lloyd was a year nine student, his anxiety and depression became so bad he could not go to class and eventually dropped out of school. He stopped sleeping, stayed up late playing games and struggled to maintain connections with the outside world. “It was mainly my...
Moderating inflation, boosting renewable energy and looking after vulnerable Australians form the basis of Anthony Albanese’s election pitch as his new ministry meets for the first time. The second Albanese ministry was sworn in by the governor-general on Monday before it met for the first time...
Australians with disabilities will have greater protection from discrimination and increased job access, the federal government has pledged in its long-awaited response to the disability royal commission. While the Commonwealth has said it would enact large amounts of the recommendations from the commission, only a fraction...