Clearance certificate from the ATO to sell your home? Did you know that if you’re selling your home you may need a capital gains withholding clearance certificate from the ATO?

Airbnb and home sharing, be aware of tax implications. Do you rent out a part of your home, or a holiday home, on Airbnb, Stayz or another sharing site? Perhaps you see this as a way of making a little extra income to help the household budget or to save for that holiday.

Cryptocurrency compliance may include income and CGT. Bitcoin is “neither money nor a foreign currency” the ATO warns, but it is still an asset that can be treated as income or counted as capital gains.

Bitcoin Part 1, personal investors be aware of the tax effects. There has been plenty of press coverage on bitcoin, but what are the tax consequences if you decide to join the craze?

Travel Allowance or living-away-from-home allowance (LAFHA)? Understanding the difference between these two allowances can be complex, particularly when there is the perception of an overlap.

Travel deductions to and from rental premises not allowed. If you own residential premises that you rent out, you should be aware that you may no longer be able to claim travel deductions connected with trips you make to and from those premises.

Surcharges for cards that are excessive are banned. Australia’s consumer law has changed to limit the amounts that businesses can surcharge customers for using payment methods such as credit, debit and prepaid cards.

Australian consumer law protects people who purchase goods from Australian companies, but what recourse do you have for a refund when you’ve bought something from a foreign business that has little or no physical presence in Australia?

Business website, are all of the the costs tax deductible? Setting up, maintaining and modifying a business website can involve significant costs.

Personal Tax, Super and Financial Planning

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Transition to retirement pension may be for you. Would you like to semi-retire but are not at the age where you can access your super?

Amendments made last year changed the rules as to when complying super funds including SMSFs will derive non-arm’s length income (NALI).

Consolidating superannuation, by some estimates there are around $20.8bn in lost and unclaimed super in Australia. The last financial year saw $4.38bn worth of lost super reunited with their owners across 537,000 accounts.

In a recent regulator bulletin outlining ATO’s concerns about new and emerging arrangements that pose potential risks to SMSF trustees and their members, the growth in SMSF property development was highlighted as a main issue.

SMSF improvements that were proposed by the Government before the disruption of the Coronavirus epidemic are are again on the drawing board. The government confirmed it would go ahead with various proposals to improve the SMSF and super sector including flexibility measures. This included increasing the SMSF member limit, changes to the work test, bring forward rule and spousal contributions.