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2025 Tax Return


Tax Advice: 2025 Tax Return | Increase Your Tax Refund | Tax Deductions | Medicare and Health Insurance | Tax Rebates


ATO crackdown on ride sharing drivers

ATO crackdown on ride sharing drivers

Concerned that too many drivers are avoiding tax, the ATO is cracking down on ride sharing drivers contracted to companies such as Uber, Ola and Didi Last year the ATO warned Uber drivers that avoiding tax wasn’t an option, this year it’s getting evening tougher. Banks are required to provide details of ALL customer payments […]

Customer Service Worker Tax Deductions – Exactly what can you claim?

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Attention all retail managers, shop assistants, customer service reps and call centre consultants – our customer service worker tax deductions guide is here to make sure you get the most out of your tax return this year! As a customer service professional, it can be difficult to know what you’re eligible to claim and what […]

What can teachers claim on tax?

School teacher tax deductions

What tax deductions can teachers claim on tax? Like many professionals, teachers often pay for work-related expenses out of their own pockets. In most cases, these expenses turn into valuable tax deductions for teachers come tax time. For a teacher, tax deductions can significantly improve your tax refund – if you know what you’re doing. […]

Tax Deductions for Bartenders and Wait Staff – Your Formula for Tax Success!

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Are you a waitress in a sushi restaurant? An artistically gifted barista? Or a licensed club manager at one of the city’s hottest nightspots? If you want to claim the tax deductions you’re rightfully entitled to, read our tax deductions for wait staff and bartenders guide! We know customer service of any kind in the […]

Part 2 – Easy Ways To Reduce Tax: More Tax Deduction Tips

Easy tips to reduce tax this tax season

Here’s part 2 of our best ways to reduce your tax series: If you’d like to see the first half of the list, click here for part 1. Let’s look at more ideas about how to increase your tax refund this year. 6. Manage the timing of your tax deductible expenses If you know in advance that […]

Private health insurance rebate tiers to ease health cover confusion

Private health insurance tiers

Private health insurance had a much-needed overhaul back in 2019 that introduced structured health insurance rebate tiers. With confusion growing over what health insurance policies did and didn’t cover, the aim of the new health insurance rebate tiers system is to greatly simplify the process. Making purchasing the right level of health cover for your […]

Tax Deductions for Business Professionals & Office workers

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Office worker and business professional tax deductions is a pretty broad topic. The term business professional covers a wide range of roles, including managers, designers, supervisors, IT staff, marketing team members and pretty much anyone else who works in an office! With so many emails to read, calls to make and deadlines to meet, it’s […]

Childcare Worker Tax Deductions – Your Personalised Tax Guide!

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Do you spend your days caring for or supervising our future generations? Whether you’re a childcare worker, childcare assistant, nanny, kindergarten assistant or pre-school aide, you’re entitled to some attractive tax deductions that you may be unaware of, until now. Use our early childhood educator and childcare worker tax deductions guide below to make sure […]

Tax Deductions for University Students – What can I claim

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Uni students can sometimes claim great tax deductions during their degrees and qualifications if they meet certain criteria. In this post we’ll discuss tax deductions for uni students – and outline some expenses you are not allowed to claim. It’s worth noting straight away that in order to claim any kind of tax deduction, you […]

The Most Surprising Tax Deductions You Could Claim On Your Tax Return

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Tax deductions lower the amount of tax you pay by reducing your assessable income. There are plenty of rules about what you can and can’t claim and much of this depends on your profession. Simply, the claim has to be relevant to your job and it can’t be a private or domestic expense. This means […]

Work related car expenses: what can I claim on my tax return?

Claim car expense for work-related journeys

The ATO has rules for how to calculate car deductions. Find out how new car deduction rules may affect you (and your tax refund).

myGov vs Etax vs tax agent office

Etax User Reviews

“What’s the best way to do my tax return?” Let’s compare myGov, Etax and other tax return options: What’s the best one for you? The ATO advertises a tax system called myTax, which is inside the myGov website – and it’s one way to lodge your tax return. As a taxpayer, it is hard for […]

5 Common Tax Return Mistakes

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These common tax return mistakes are easily detected by the ATO The ATO works hard to find mistakes on your tax return. With more money and staff granted to them every year, it’s getting easier for the ATO to catch every mistake. So, if you think you can get away with a few extra deductions […]

Save Receipts and Deductions to Fast-Track Your Next Tax Return

Young woman taking photos of receipts with her phone

The best way to tackle next year’s tax deductions is to save ALL your tax receipts – but that’s not always easy. Did you get to tax time this year and wonder where your other expenses have gone? It’s SO annoying when you realise you can’t claim back the hard-earned cash you spent on work-related […]

A Simple Guide To Tax Deductions in Australia

Tax Deductions 101

A tax deduction is something you paid for, out of your own pocket, that can be listed on your tax return. Deductions can help reduce your taxable income, which boosts your tax refund at tax time.

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