by Affinity | Mar 26, 2015 | Business eNews
There are certainly a lot of challenges for 2015, including: Digital Disruption – Two years ago, Deloitte Chartered Accountants produced a report, “Digital disruption – short-fuse, big bang?” This report predicted that six different industry groups, comprising:...
by Affinity | Mar 26, 2015 | Business eNews
It is said that the holy trinity of financial planning is wealth creation, wealth distribution and wealth preservation. We spend our working lives creating what we have. We carefully plan who we may pass that wealth to. But what have you done about preserving the...
by Affinity | Mar 26, 2015 | Latest News
The social security deeming rates* will be lowered from 20 March 2015 as follows: The ‘lower deeming rate’ will decrease from 2% to 1.75% for financial investments up to $48,000 for single pensioners and allowees, $79,600 for pensioner couples and $39,800 for each...
by Affinity | Mar 26, 2015 | Latest News
The ATO has reminded taxpayers who want to claim family assistance payments for the 2014 financial year that they must lodge a claim with the Department of Human Services (Centrelink) by 30 June 2015 to be eligible. This deadline applies to taxpayers who intend to...
by Affinity | Feb 27, 2015 | Business eNews
The ATO is carrying out two new data matching programs to identify non-compliance with registration, lodgement, reporting and payment obligations, i.e., looking for tax avoiders. Motor Vehicles The ATO has announced a new “Motor Vehicle data matching program” to...
