by Teigan Amos | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Updates
The Optus data breach is top of mind for a lot of Australians, particularly those who have had their data breached. For business, the breach is a timely warning on the importance of understanding what data is held on your customers (and should you hold it?), how it is...
by Teigan Amos | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Updates
The value of cryptocurrency assets inside Australian self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) increased by 589.9% ($1.17bn) between June 2019 and June 2022, according to the latest ATO statistics. While cryptocurrency is a relatively small asset class at only 0.16%...
by Teigan Amos | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Updates
National Cabinet agreed to end the mandatory isolation requirements for COVID-19 effective from 14 October 2022. Each state and territory has, or will, implement the end of the isolation rules. The Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, the payment to workers who have lost...
by Teigan Amos | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Updates
Queensland backs down on Australia-wide land tax assessment The Queensland Government has backed away from an amendment that would have seen the land tax rate for investment property in Queensland assessed on the value of the investor’s Australia wide land holdings...
by Teigan Amos | Oct 16, 2022 | Articles, Updates
In September, amid a climate of startling interest rates, UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a series of tax cuts, including the reduction of the top personal income tax rate that applies to those earning more than £150,000 from 45% to 40%. Just ten days later,...
by Teigan Amos | Sep 11, 2022 | Articles, Updates
– From Bruce Grieve of Bentleys Wealth Advisors I recently met with a lovely retired couple who were working with another advisor and were unhappy with the way their concerns regarding their investments were addressed and how their portfolio was structured....
