Financial downturns, like the one caused by COVID-19, are often touted as “once-in-a-generation” events. But the reality is that they can and likely will happen multiple times during your lifetime, so it’s a good idea to get yourself in a position to weather financial storms now.
Read MoreIn the 2020-21 Federal Budget, the Government announced that businesses with turnover under $5bn* will be able to offset any losses made between 2019-20 and 2021-22 against previously taxed profits between 2018-19 and 2020-21.
Read MoreAt the recent Senate Estimates hearing, Jeremy Hirschhorn, the ATO’s Second Commissioner, stated that $120 million in JobKeeper payments had been clawed back from those either deliberately seeking to rort the system or who had made reckless mistakes.
Read MoreThe 2020-21 personal income tax cuts announced in the Federal are now law.
Read MoreStimulating investment is high on the Government’s agenda. To encourage spending, the 2020-21 Budget introduced a measure that allows businesses with turnover under $5bn* to immediately deduct the cost of new depreciable assets and the cost of improvements to existing assets in the first year of use
Read MoreWe’ve had quite a few questions about the JobMaker hiring credit announced in the 2020-21 Federal Budget. The legislation enabling the JobMaker scheme has not passed Parliament as yet and until this occurs, the JobMaker rules are not certain and may change.
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