How to save tax by claiming these super deductions
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Analysis

How to save tax by claiming these super deductions

With little more than two weeks to go until the end of financial year,you have no time to lose to slash your bill.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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I’m retired and working as an Uber driver. Do I need to log my hours?

I’m retired and working as an Uber driver. Do I need to log my hours?

Keeping your affairs tax compliant can be a tangle,especially once you’re retired.

  • byNoel Whittaker
Coalition cuts to skilled migrants would cost country $211 billion

Coalition cuts to skilled migrants would cost country $211 billion

Cuts to permanent migration would ease rental pressures slightly over 10 years,but it would have a large impact on government revenue.

  • byRachel Clun
This tax time,it pays to remember my ‘guaranteed’ secret for wealth
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Budgeting

This tax time,it pays to remember my ‘guaranteed’ secret for wealth

In a few weeks,everybody will have a fatter pay packet because the tax rates are changing. Smart money managers will put the extra to good use.

  • byNoel Whittaker
A bunch of ‘bunchers’:The tax-time trick the rich love to use

A bunch of ‘bunchers’:The tax-time trick the rich love to use

High-income earners are using trusts and self-employment to bring their “official” income down to avoid higher tax on their superannuation.

  • byShane Wright
Think twice this tax time - the Tax Office has AI watching
Opinion
Opinion

Think twice this tax time - the Tax Office has AI watching

If you’re someone who has historically been lax with record keeping,you can expect an audit from the Tax Office’s new AI-powered systems.

  • byVictoria Devine
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Economic growth ‘very weak’ but better days around the corner

Economic growth ‘very weak’ but better days around the corner

The head of Treasury says while soft consumer spending will lead to subdued economic growth,household budgets will fare better in the second half of the year.

  • byShane Wright andRachel Clun
You might not like it,but bracket creep is aiding the inflation fight:Treasury boss

You might not like it,but bracket creep is aiding the inflation fight:Treasury boss

The head of the federal Treasury,Steven Kennedy,says bracket creep has been a helpful stabilising force over the past three years.

  • byShane Wright
End the creep:Former RBA expert backs annual tax relief for millions

End the creep:Former RBA expert backs annual tax relief for millions

Luci Ellis,Westpac’s chief economist,says there’s a big case for increasing tax thresholds each year. Without end,taxes will keep rising forever.

  • byShane Wright
Chalmers is often compared to Keating but all three budgets have lacked ambition

Chalmers is often compared to Keating but all three budgets have lacked ambition

It is time for Jim Chalmers to rise to the challenge and outline a reform vision.

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Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Households bank on tax cuts and anti-inflation budget plans

Tax cuts,worth on average $1888,and a further round of cost-of-living measures will be at the heart of Jim Chalmers’ third budget.

  • byShane Wright