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Negative gearing escapes budget axe Negative gearing – the ability to reduce your taxable income by losses incurred by investments (particularly rental investment properties), will remain available to Australian investors beyond this budget despite recently becoming a hugely controversial issue in recent times. It is no surprise that this tax benefit hasn’t been removed. The 226Read more

What wasn’t in the 2015 budget Last week Treasurer Joe Hockey released the Federal Budget for 2015. There was a lot of commentary regarding all of the different items that were in it. Some of them I found very interesting. I also found some of the things that were not in the budget very interesting afterRead more

WILL, EPA, POA, EPG, AHD – WHAT ARE THEY AND DO I REALLY NEED THEM? What are they and do I really need them? A Will we all know about, although the experts tell us that probably 60% of the population don’t have one!  An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA), most of us would thinkRead more

While most of our clients understand Death, Total and Permanent Disablement and Income Protection insurance (they speak for themselves!), many people don’t understand what Trauma insurance is, or how it can help them. Trauma insurance (sometimes called Crisis Recovery) covers you for around 40 specified crisis events. It pays a benefit for things like diagnosisRead more