One state feels ‘punished’ by its share of a $95bn pool of money, while another state collects a healthy slice and declares its seventh budget surplus in a row.
Blair Jackson
Australia should slash income taxes and lift the GST to help pay off the nearly one trillion dollars in national debt.
Cameron Micallef
The opposition is warning Labor against hitting Australians with more taxes as Jim Chalmers talks of overhauling the country’s revenue gathering system.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
How Australians truly feel about Labor’s proposed “rich tax” has been revealed in a new poll, and the results may surprise you.
Robert White
Division 296 is pitched as a ‘modest’ 15 per cent extra tax on earnings for super balances over $3m. Behind the spin lies a policy that’s complex and potentially unworkable. Here’s how to work around it.
Raymond Pecotic
Insolvency experts have warned that Western Australia looks set for a surge in business collapses as the Australian Taxation Office clamps down on ageing debts.
Matt Mckenzie
Aussie taxpayers have been warned about sophisticated tax scams designed to catch you out over your morning coffee.
Brendan Kearns
Social housing tenants in one state are earning far above what they should to qualify for the homes, with one couple on $200k paying just $200 a week in rent.
Q+A: Tax and super? It’s a mess! Here’s how to know which parts of your superannuation are safe from the taxman and when you might be hit with a bill, depending on when you access your nest egg.
Nick Bruining
A ‘No Boomers allowed’ superannuation product is taking aim at the housing market, trying to get more Aussies into the market through a little used scheme.
The Federal Government’s proposed earnings hit on superannuation balances over $3 million has been described as a threat to the emergence of new unicorns such as WA-based gaming group Virtual Gaming Worlds.
Sean Smith
Australian taxpayers are tipped to cost themselves hundreds of dollars by making this one simple mistake at tax time.
Laurence Escalante’s bid to take full control of the Virtual Gaming Worlds online casino empire also involves shifting the company behind the bid to a haven with no corporate tax.
Daniel Newell
Jim Chalmers plans to push ahead with his proposed increased tax on superannuation in the form already rejected by Parliament but concedes the reality of the Senate means the Government may need to compromise.
Katina Curtis
Ex-partners are still weaponising child support payments against a shocking number of single mums, and the system is failing to stop it.
Summer Liu
Family disputes threaten to squander the national benefits of a $4 trillion transfer between older and younger Australians due to take place over the next two decades, a financial services group has warned.
Simone Grogan
As the financial year draws to a close, now is the time to start gathering receipts and making smart decisions to maximise your tax refund. Here are the most often overlooked or misunderstood deductions.
Robert Zammit
Three people have been jailed over tax fraud as a warning is issued to Aussies preparing to file their tax returns this financial year.
Hundreds of farmers and volunteer firefighters have gathered to protest a controversial levy that farmers say will cripple them.
Alexandra Feiam, Liam Beatty
If running a self-managed superannuation fund has become too much, managing an exit is a relatively easy process. But fail to follow a specific order of events and you could end up paying unnecessary tax.
Q+A: Cashed up from the sale of your home? Downsizer contributions that allow you to tip in $300,000 can make a huge difference to the size of you nest egg? But can they be put into an SMSF?
Thousands of older self-managed superannuation funds are likely to be closed down following a significant let-off on potential Centrelink debts and tax liabilities. Are you eligible?
Australians are being urged to avoid using TikTok for tax advice this financial year or risk paying major fines or prosecutions, a tax expert warns.
A $1000 “tick-the-box” tax deduction means the average taxpayer can look forward to a boost in next year’s refund by about $320 following the re-election of the Albanese Government.
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