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Maximise Your Returns: Mastering End-of-Year Tax Planning, HECS Hacks, Super Strategies, and More

Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman: Episode 5 In our final episode before the end of the financial year, we'll be exploring the latest tax updates from across Australia, including: Important Changes to HECS/HELP Debt - Changes you MUST ACT on quickly! Each year your HECS debt and other student loans are indexed for inflation on the...

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Got Over $3M in Super? You Might Be Paying More Tax Soon

Note: This document has been prepared by Actuate Alliance Services Pty Ltd (ABN 40 083 233 925, AFSL 240959). At this stage, the measure is a proposal only and has not been made law. The information included below is based on the announcement made on 28 February by the Government and a Factsheet that has since been released by Treasury with some a...

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The great impasse: VanEck’s 2023 Q1 Summary

Please Note: This report was created and provided by VanEck. The events of the past few weeks are a reminder how fragile markets and banking systems can be. The events also served as a reminder of the lengths central banks and financial regulatory authorities will go to, to ensure the system remains robust. The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) move...

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Navigating Tax Changes in 2023: Updates to Remote Work Claims, Renting And Victoria’s New Tax Grab 

Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman: Episode 4 In our first episode for 2023, we'll be exploring the latest tax updates from across Australia, including:  Changes to working from home Expense claims: What expenses can you now claim on your 2023 tax returns and how to navigate these changes while maximising your tax deductions. ...

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Mapping Out Your Property to Make the Most of CGT Concessions

This blog was originally posted on Ban Tacs and written by Julia Hartman, founder of the Ban Tacs group and Chief Technical Tax Advisor for Empower Wealth Tax. This report is also referenced and expanded in our series, Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman in Episode 4. Watch it here >> If your home is on more than 2 hec...

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Warning: Start a Diary of Your Home Office Use Now!

This blog was originally posted on Ban Tacs and written by Julia Hartman, founder of the Ban Tacs group and Chief Technical Tax Advisor for Empower Wealth Tax. This report is also referenced and expanded in our series, Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman in Episode 4. Watch it here >> Despite objections from the Tax Ag...

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CGT Now Affects Most of Your Assets, Even Gifting Jewellery…

This blog was originally posted on Ban Tacs and written by Julia Hartman, founder of the Ban Tacs group and Chief Technical Tax Advisor for Empower Wealth Tax. This report is also referenced and expanded in our series, Talking Property Tax with Julia Hartman in Episode 4. Watch it here >> Capital Gains Tax (CGT) applying t...

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A 2023 Festive Message from the Empower Wealth Team

Hi, Ben Kingsley here, Managing Director of Empower Wealth. Hello and welcome to my annual festive season message to you, our valued customers. Now I started delivering these messages all the way back in 2017. So this is the sixth year that I get to deliver this message where I talk about the broader market and also hone in in terms of how...

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Home Deposits Made Simple – Two Years at $200 Per Week and No LMI

This blog was originally posted on Ban Tacs and written by Julia Hartman, founder of the Ban Tacs group and Chief Technical Tax Advisor for Empower Wealth Tax. This report is also referenced and expanded on in our podcast, The Property Couch in Episode 417 | Home Deposits Made Simple – Chat with Julia, Michael & James! Give it a listen ...

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The Art of Investing in Volatile Markets

With the turbulent state of today’s markets, it’s no surprise that there’s been a lot of noise around the future of Australia's market and what it means for investors. With many conflicting trends and numbers, and a lack of clarity around the origins of Australia's inflation, it’s hard to know what remedy is needed from the Reserve Bank...

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Goldilocks days are over: VanEck’s Q4 Summary

Please Note: This report was created and provided by VanEck. The halcyon days of Goldilocks are well and truly over for markets and they now resemble an aimless vagabond. Investors are deep in the inflation era. The question is, how deep? Are we up to our knees, our waist or our necks? And is the depth subsiding? Central banks around the wor...

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How To Protect Your Personal Data

An Empower Wealth Data Security Update There are more resources, tools, and devices connected to the Internet than ever before. While there are great benefits to accessing digital information quickly and easily via the internet, this also means an increased risk of unauthorised access to personal data. At Empower Wealth, we take data securit...

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Highlights from the FY22 Reporting Season: Will Australia Avoid A Recession?

Note: This information is provided by Ausbil Investment Management Limited, an Australian-based investment manager.  Key Observations of Reporting Season Context FY22 reporting season comes after a period of extraordinary events. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia towards the end of the HY22 reporting season in February had a profound eff...

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