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Claim Home Office expenses and increase your tax refund

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Do you work entirely from a home office or do you need to do overtime from home? Many of us need to open our home laptop to check emails or use our own phone to make a few work calls from time to time. But if taking work home is a regular occurrence for you, […]

Working from home due to COVID-19?

Learn how it could help maximise your tax refund. Are you like many Australians who have worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic? If yes, you may be entitled to claim work from home deductions on your 2020 and 2021 tax return. The bonus: you could end up with more money in your pocket at […]

How to survive the lock-down. Your guide to turning it into a positive

With all the social distancing and lock-down measures in place, how do you keep your mind occupied and engaged? For some people, being at home is bliss. For others, it’s hard to stay focused on anything. But time at home can be a valuable chance to reflect, connect and plan for the future. There are […]

Did COVID-19 turn you into work at home parents and teachers?

Temporary work at home parents-come-teachers. A few tips for navigating this new landscape. As 2020 dawned, no one in their wildest dreams expected the unprecedented global shift that COVID-19 has brought about. With many of us still trying to grapple with having our lives literally locked down, a significant number of us took our jobs […]

Work From Home Tax Deductions – How to Get it Right

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Covid-19 means so many people made the switch to work from home. Many of our own staff included! In fact as I write this, I’m in my new make-shift home office. Here’s the good news: Work from home tax deductions could mean a bigger tax refund this year! If work from home is your “new […]

Working from home? How to stay productive – and happy!

Working from home during the uncertainty around COVID-19 may not be as easy as you might think Modern tech and cloud-based software simplified the recent need for more workplaces to adopt a temporary work at home policy, due to COVID 19. But you need more than just the right tech and internet speed to remain […]

The Top 5 Forgotten Tax Deductions

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Now is a great time to discuss tax deductions – especially those deductions often missed by taxpayers like you. We surveyed our senior accountants and asked them “what are the top 5 forgotten deductions on individual tax returns?” – that is, deductions people can claim, but often forget or don’t know about We’ve compiled the […]

Work at home mum – the ultimate balancing act

So, how do you build your business when you’re a work at home mum (or dad) and your adorable darlings are doing their utmost to distract you with death defying leaps or throwing tantrums that could literally wake the dead? It’s true that you were never under the illusion that you would enjoy uninterrupted hours […]

Can I Claim My Laptop as a Tax Deduction?

computer as a tax deduction

If you claim a personal laptop or computer as a tax deduction, it can add a good few dollars to your tax refund. However, you must genuinely use them for work, all or part of the time. A good many of us work after hours at home or spend a portion of our week working […]

Simple Ways to Improve Your Tax Refund

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Here’s the most common question people ask us in July every year about how to improve your tax refund; “What can I do to get a bigger refund or pay less tax?” Australians are always looking for ways to improve their refund. That’s why we’ve decided to answer this common question with four easy ways […]

Tax Tips and Tax Deductions for Freelancers

Tax deductions for freelancers.

Are you giving freelance work a go? Your freelancer tax deductions and tax tips are right here! Whether your video skills are in high demand, your Airtasker gigs have amped up or you are totally nailing it in the cupcake game, this tax deductions for freelancers blog will be a massive help to you at […]

Manage your receipts and boost your tax refund!

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When it comes to tax time, do you ever find yourself searching all over the place for deduction receipts from months earlier? You are not alone! A recent study conducted by the Commonwealth Bank found that lost receipts are costing one in two Australians an average $1000 in tax rebates every year. Can you afford […]

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