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Why You Should Hire A Financial Advisor

Heather Moore
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When it comes to managing your finances, getting the advice of a professional financial advisor can be beneficial. Financial advisors are highly trained professionals that specialise in helping people make sound decisions with their money. They can provide guidance on how to save for retirement, invest wisely and stay ahead of economic trends. A financial…
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How good is ChatGPT at tax?

Heather Moore
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Not being paranoid or anything but we were curious about the skills of the latest innovation to take the world by storm, ChatGPT, and its ability to work with the Australian tax system. Let’s start by saying that we were impressed. Not so much by ChatGPT’s ability to work with the complexities of the tax…

States Move on Property Based Taxes

Heather Moore
Queensland backs down on Australia wide land tax The Queensland Government has backed away from an amendment that would have seen the land tax rate for investment property in Queensland assessed on the value of the investor’s Australia wide land holdings from 1 July 2023, not just the value of their Queensland property. The amendment…

120% deduction for skills training and technology costs

Heather Moore
The Government has reinvigorated this announcement for small and medium businesses An election ago, the 2022-23 Budget proposed a 120% tax deduction for expenditure by small and medium businesses on technology, or skills and training for their staff. This proposal has now been adopted by the current Government and details released in recent exposure draft…

How to Sell Your Business

Heather Moore
We’re often asked the best way to sell a business. There are two key components at play in the sale of a business: structuring the transaction; and positioning the business to the market. Both elements are important and can significantly impact your result. Structuring the transaction covers areas such as pricing the business, the terms…
Newcastle Property Investors Observing Market Updates

Acquiring collectibles inside your SMSF

Heather Moore
Clients with self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) often ask what assets the SMSF can acquire. ‘Why’? The golden rule for acquiring assets inside your SMSF is why? To be compliant, your fund must be maintained for the sole purpose of providing retirement benefits to members, or to their dependants if a member dies before retirement.…

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Heather Moore
Climate change featured heavily during the election and now the Albanese Government is putting into place some of the promises it made. We look at the current state of play and the likely impact. The Government’s Climate Change Bill passed the House of Representatives in early August and is now before the Senate Environment and…

Tax & the family home

Heather Moore
Everyone knows you don’t pay tax on your family home when you sell it…right? We take a closer look at the main residence exemption that excludes your home from capital gains tax and the triggers that reduce or exclude that exemption. Capital gains tax (CGT) applies to gains you have made on the sale of…
Garis Group Property Investment Team

COVID-19: August 2021 Lockdown – Our Response

Emma Zajac
In light of the recent COVID-19 lockdown announcement, The Garis Group would like to inform everyone that there have been no cases of COVID-19 detected at our office. However per the advice of NSW Health and relevant authorities, The Garis Group team will be working remotely. We are currently in the processes of rescheduling face…
The 2021 Hunter Innovation Festival is back with a bang!

Proud Sponsors of the 2021 Hunter Innovation Festival

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The 2021 Hunter Innovation Festival is back with a BANG! The Garis Group are proudly sponsoring the 2021 Hunter Innovation Festival brought to you by Hunter iF, and Festival Partner 2021, the City of Newcastle. Kicking off on Monday 3rd of May, until Sunday the 16th, with this year’s festival theme being ‘Innovate to Regenerate.’…
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