By Philip Saal The political environment at all levels at the moment is looking very volatile. We have at the Federal level conflict over who should be leader, at the State level which party should l...
Autumn 2012 The Wealth Experience Charitable Trust recently made donations to three very worthy charities from the funds raised during the last six months. A cheque for $3 300.00 was presented...
By Mark Silvester The focus of this article is on ‘concessional contributions’ – those superannuation contributions for which a tax deduction is claimed either by an employer, or by a self-employed i...
By Dan Cuthbert Some lenders are currently prepared to finance 95% or more of the value of a home but is it really a good idea to borrow that much of a property’s value? At the moment major and non-...
By Gilda Brisotto If you are an employer (or group of employers) who pays $1,000,000 or more a year in taxable wages, you must pay payroll tax. You may however have to register for payroll tax even i...
By Elizabeth O'Shea The Clean Energy Act 2011 and eighteen associated Acts became legislation on 8 November 2011. The cornerstone of this legislation is the concept of a carbon price and from 1 July ...
If you are looking for ‘greener’ alternatives to a certain product and are not sure where to start, go to www.ecobuy.org.au. There is a function to search by keyword or category to help you find suppl...
By Kymberlee Naumann The recent Budget announcements by our current government may have happened in the blink of an eye, but can serve to have far reaching consequences on many. Overall the Federal B...
By Brad Hancock The 2012/2013 Budget was handed down on 8 May. The Budget was fiscally tight, designed to return the Budget to surplus. The budget contained many anticipated changes to superannuation...
By Scott Patterson Given the world, and even some local events, that have occurred during 2011 it is probably little wonder that when it comes to business and financial matters many people are feelin...
