I want to take out a loan from my business (a company) in order to invest in listed shares under my personal name. Are there any tax consequences to this?

My husband and I purchased a block of land with an existing dwelling on it, with the genuine intention to demolish the existing house and build a new dwelling for our retirement.

We have also started taking appointments for the 2018 tax season so please book in at our relevant office to secure your preferred meeting time and location.

No one wants to pay more tax than they need to or face unnecessary risks. We’ve compiled a list of our top tips for you.

For many years now, I have been talking with our business clients about the biggest challenges they face. Always at the top of their list is ‘staffing issues’. On the other hand, our clients, who are employees that work for businesses, say that their desire is to “feel valued” and to “help the business they work for grow”.

Well it is already April – who would have thought that the first three (3) months of the year would have gone by so fast!

In this month's newsletter, I wanted to emphasis the following very important items which you need to attend to coming up to year-end 30-June:

Can you believe it is already the end of September? We're well into tax season and have already lodged over 500 tax returns since July and will be commencing quarterly management account meetings with our business clients from October.

I hope you are having a great October; and to think Christmas is only nine weeks away! As we are coming towards the end of the year, this month’s newsletter focuses on a few main issues which you may be effected by:

Previously, if you bought vacant land with the intent to build a rental property on it, you may have been able to claim tax deductions for expenses incurred in holding the land such as loan interest, council rates and other ongoing holding costs.

5 Things that will make or break your business’s Christmas