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Rebatable amount of health insurance policy to be capped

Nov 23, 2012

Tags: Accountant Sydney, Budget, Family, Personal tax

The 2012-13 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) proposes that the government's rebate applied to private health insurance will be calculated using commercial premiums as at 1 April 2013 and then indexed annually by the lesser of CPI or the actual increase in commercial premiums. This will be used to determine an individual's private health insurance rebate.

Private health insurance rebate no longer paid on lifetime health cover loading

Nov 22, 2012

Tags: Budget, Family, Personal tax

From 1 July 2013, the private health insurance rebate will no longer be paid on any lifetime health cover loading applied to the cost of a private health insurance policy for lifetime health cover.

Book launch - 101 ways to save money on your tax

Nov 28, 2011

Book launch - 101 ways to save money on your tax

Tags: 101 Ways, CGT, Company tax, Deductions, Education, Employees, Employers, Family, FBT, GST, Personal tax, Property, Shares, SMSF, Starting a Business

Do you detest paying tax, but like receiving a tax refund cheque in the mail? Are you getting all you're entitled to? You could be letting the government keep hundreds, even thousands, of your hard-earned dollars each year - and you wouldn't even know about it!

Can someone tell the ATO what the price of petrol & electricity is?

Aug 17, 2011

Tags: 101 Ways, Budget, Calculators, Deductions, Employees, Family, Personal tax

Adrian Raftery, author of 101 Ways to Save Money on Your Tax – Legally!, looks at how much petrol and electricity has risen in the past 13 years compared to what you can claim in your tax return for work-related car and home office usage.

Proposed new individual tax rates

Jul 10, 2011

Tags: Budget, Family, Personal tax

Following the carbon tax announcement today, here are the proposed tax cuts for individuals effective 1 July 2012 ... but are they really that sweet?
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