Aussie Accountants

30/06/2026

Happy New Financial Year!

It’s going to be a year of change for us.

As many of you may already know, after 24 years with Aussie, Louise has retired. Louise has been an integral part of the business, and her dedication and support over the years will be greatly missed. We wish her all the best in her retirement.

Simon and I are currently working through the transition and appreciate your patience and understanding as we settle into our new roles and processes.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to get in touch with either of us.

We look forward to continuing to support you throughout the year.

Mark

20/12/2024

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🎄🎁🎉

We will be back up and running on the 13th January 2025.

Cheers 🍻🥂

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10/12/2024

The Foreign resident capital gains withholding (FRCGW) rules are changing from 1 January 2025.

Currently, Australian residents selling property must provide a clearance certificate to the purchaser at or before settlement to avoid having 12.5% withheld from a property sale where the value of the property is $750,000 or more.

Under the changes:

the withholding rate will increase from 12.5% to 15%
the $750,000 property value threshold will be removed, and the withholding rules will apply to all property sales.
The changes apply to contracts entered into on or after 1 January 2025.

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20/06/2024

If anyone is looking at putting extra into Superannuation and claim it as a tax deduction in this financial year, the contribution must be received by the Superfund, by 30 June. As it could take a few days to arrive, we recommend paying the contribution now.

22/12/2023

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and Happy New Year. Our first day back will be the 15th January. Look forward to seeing you next year.

13/09/2023

A quick update on our technical issues.
We still have no emails, but hopefully by the end of the week.
The phone is back, however if you hear a Monty Python skit on message bank, it's the right number, only Simon.

11/09/2023

We are having technical difficulties today with no internet so our phones aren’t working and we can’t access our server. We are hoping to have everything up and running again by tomorrow at the latest.

25/06/2023

Good morning everyone. It's the last 5 days until the end of the Financial New Year. A few little tips to help reduce your income this year.
1. If you're a business, any new business equipment purchased and ready for use is completely deductible.
2. A super contribution up to the $27,500 cap. However, the funds MUST be cleared by the Super Fund by 30 June.
3. Any outstanding accounts or prepay any expenses.

If you have any last minute questions, please feel free to give us a call.

Look forward to catching up with you all in the New Year.

29/03/2023

To anyone who has a Business Name... don't pay more than you need to.

Your Business Name renewal invoice will be emailed to you directly from ASIC one month prior to it's expiry date (which you can find on your registration certificate or by searching online through ASIC Connect).

There is a company out there called Registry Australia Pty Ltd who search the ASIC registry for your details so they can send you the Business Name renewal 4 months before it is due to be registered and charge you double the price that ASIC would normally charge.

They are a legitimate business and do have disclaimers on their invoices advising that they are independent of ASIC but my experience has seen a lot of businesses paying this much higher price, believing that they are paying ASIC.

The current ASIC fee is $39 for 1 year or $92 for 3 years. Registry Australia charges $99 for 1 year or $189 for 3 years, claiming that their fees cover the "management of your business name" (what's there to manage?) and receiving auto renewal notifications (which ASIC do anyway) so that's hardly worth the extra cost in our opinion.

So if you get one of these renewals from Registry Australia, please do not feel compelled to pay it as your ASIC renewal will arrive 1 month prior to your business name expiring at a much lower cost for, in our opinion, the same service.

16/02/2023

Claiming working from home expenses will change for the 2022-23 tax year. You can continue to claim the cents per hour method at the rate of 67c per hour. However, claiming this particular method already covers the following costs:
•Energy expenses (electricity and gas) for lighting, heating, cooling and electronic items used while working from home
•Internet expenses
•Mobile and home phone expenses, and
•Stationery and computer consumables.
This will mean that you cannot claim an additional separate deduction for any of these expenses if you claim the 67c per hour deduction.