This year’s Budget is rather unique as it occurred just before a federal election. While there are many parts of this years’ Budget that apply to future years, we have summarised below the key changes you need to know about for the next 12 months. Remember, if the Federal Government changes then the Budget changes…
Blog: International Women’s Day: Has anything changed?
Women and girls make up just over half (50.7%) of the Australian population. While women comprise roughly 47% of all employees in Australia, they take home on average $251.20 less than men each week (full-time adult ordinary earnings). The national gender “pay gap” is 15.3% and it has remained stuck between 15% and 19% for…
Thoughts for the Year Ahead – Tax & Wealth in 2019
There are a huge number of tax laws that may change this year as a result of the upcoming 2019 Federal Election. Individuals could be affected by: Losing franking credit refunds to their Self-Managed Super Funds and to themselves Paying higher capital gains tax Losing tax benefits from negative gearing into investment property Businesses could…
