‘Hunt for deductions’ as tax refunds will be smaller this year
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Analysis

‘Hunt for deductions’ as tax refunds will be smaller this year

Taxpayers are urged to find every legitimate deduction they can before lodging tax returns this year.

  • byJohn Collett

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Wealthy Baby Boomers should pay more for aged care,major providers say

Wealthy Baby Boomers should pay more for aged care,major providers say

Australians need to ask whether it’s fair that someone in a $10m mansion pays the same for aged care as someone with a modest home in the suburbs.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
The best home entertainment tech for your post-tax splurge

The best home entertainment tech for your post-tax splurge

If you’ve been waiting on a big upgrade for your lounge room or home theatre,here are some of the best devices and machines to weigh up.

  • byTim Biggs
Young workers carry tax burden to pay for ageing Australians

Young workers carry tax burden to pay for ageing Australians

The reduction in the tax burden on workers that will flow from the stage three tax cuts will be effectively wiped out by the end of the decade.

  • byShane Wright
The tax traps that could catch you out this financial year
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Analysis

The tax traps that could catch you out this financial year

Be particularly careful when doing your tax returns,as the ATO has developed some of the most sophisticated data-matching systems in the world.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Most tax tips in June won’t help you. But this one will
Opinion
Opinion

Most tax tips in June won’t help you. But this one will

Instead of fighting it,how can we organise ourselves so that the end of the financial year is something we feel prepared for?

  • byParidhi Jain
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You might not get as much in your tax refund this year

You might not get as much in your tax refund this year

People already planning how to spend their tax return may be in for a rude shock,thanks to the end of a pandemic offset and changes to working-from-home deductions.

  • byRachel Clun
Working from home? Tax time just got a lot trickier
Analysis
Analysis

Working from home? Tax time just got a lot trickier

How work-from-home deductions are claimed in tax returns has changed for this financial year.

  • byJohn Collett
Bought an NFT last year? The Tax Office wants to know

Bought an NFT last year? The Tax Office wants to know

The tax treatment of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now on the radar of the Australian Tax Office.

  • byNicole Buckler
Should children pay their parents board?

Should children pay their parents board?

Rose Beaugeard,22,has been paying board since she was 18. Once a financial lesson,more parents are charging their children to help with the cost of living.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
The three ways I’m going to cut my tax bill before June 30
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Opinion

The three ways I’m going to cut my tax bill before June 30

In honour of the looming end of financial year,here are my three 2023 last-minute tax minimisation moves.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon