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Gatherum-Goss & Assoc will be incorporated into Paris Financial
GGA has been specialising in Property Taxation since 1992 and have been part of the Paris Group since 2007. With the move to our newly refurbished offices in 2014, we have been working closely with the entire team at Paris Financial. Incorporating GGA officially under the banner of Paris Financial is the next natural step.
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myGov accounts and ATO
Recently we have had a few clients contact us because they have not received their Notice of Assessment or Business Activity Statement. Upon review we have found that these clients have set up a myGov account and have included the ATO as one of the linked services.
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PAYG Income Tax Withholding Variation
Do you own a negatively geared investment property? Your employer is required to withhold tax during the year to cover your estimated tax liability from your employment income. However, those who have a negatively geared property investment will have less taxable income than their employer estimated, due to their rental property loss offsetting their employment income. In these cases, the employee does their tax and gets a tax refund for the overpaid tax at the end of the year.
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The Budget Wrap 2016
The Budget was delivered last night and there is a mix of good and bad news for our clients and prospective clients at Paris Financial. I will try and zero in on the key points and give some comment. The very large caveat here is that all this budget information is NOT law yet but everyone should be moving and starting to think about the consequences of these changes.
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George Costanza’s prenup didn’t work because he didn’t have any dough...but what if he did?
Remember poor old George Costanza from Seinfeld who tried to get out of a defacto relationship by suggesting to his Partner a prenup agreement when they married. It backfired on George of course because he had no dough!
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Great news for business people stuck in company structures!
The Government has introduced the “Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business Restructure Roll-over) Bill 2016”.
What does this mean for me?
It’s fantastic news for business owners who have been set-up in a dreaded company structure, at present this structure can be extremely difficult to transfer out of, due to capital gains tax (CGT) implications.
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Is offset or redraw the best? - API Article
I had a conversation with a client a few weeks ago that went something like this: “So, you’ve just signed your property purchase contract, congratulations!” followed by my asking “Will you be living in it or renting it out?” and “Have you got the finance sorted?”.
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Our 2015 checklists have now been uploaded to our website. Go to Resources, Taxation Checklists to download them and start getting your information ready for your 2015 return.
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