August 2018 - Avante Financial Services

Monthly Archives: August 2018

Aug 30

Personal contributions and deductions

Are you entitled to a tax deduction on super personal contributions? This financial year is the first time that employees can claim a tax deduction for their personal super contributions. Personal super contributions made during the 2017-18 financial year can now be claimed as a tax deduction by most Australian workers. This follows changes made […]

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Aug 16

Parents – When to charge kids board

Should parents charge kids? I recently came across a news story about a hapless New York couple, who have taken their 30-year old son to court in a last ditch effort to get him to move out of home. My first thought was “only in America”. But here in Australia, high rents and low housing […]

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Aug 02

Watch out for tax scams

The end of the financial year will likely bring the usual wave of tax scams. Here’s what to watch for. The Federal Budget is behind us, and amid the celebrations over tax cuts (around $500 annually for low to middle income earners), now is the time to be mindful of scammers pretending to be from […]

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