Business Tax
Cap your bills
Barbara Drury If the kids need braces on their teeth, you need new glasses and your partner has been putting off minor surgery, it's time to get a wriggle on.
Making sense of the GST
Max Newnham The effect of GST on businesses depends on the type of customers they have. Goods or services supplied to other GST-registered businesses reduces the impact of GST.
Offshore scrutiny
Lesley Parker The rent you are quietly picking up from a property you own in, say, New Zealand or Britain could land you in hot water if you are not including it in your tax return, with the Australian Taxation...
A lesson in tax offsets
I Can Do That The strategy: To gain a tax break on all that money I've just laid out on back-to-school expenses.
Rolling over to escape the tax man
George Cochrane Pensions offer the most straightforward form of income in retirement - and keep the ATO at bay.
New laws put ATO to the test
Ben Butler Tax Commissioner warns organisation will be put under pressure by carbon and mining taxes.
Gillard touts tax break for families with teens at school
Debra Jopson Families can get up to $160 extra a fortnight in tax benefits if their teenagers stay in school or in vocational training.
Tax office warns dodgers: beware
Tax dodgers will be caught, the Australian Taxation Office has warned after nabbing and convicting 356 people in the third quarter of this year.
Directors get reprieve from super liabilities
Directors have been given a reprieve from personal responsibility to meet employees' superannuation obligations if their companies fail following the government's temporary removal of its proposal.
Super increase will cost jobs: ACCI
A leading business group says it's appalled by the federal government's lack of consultation on lifting compulsory superannuation, warning the increase will hit profits and cost jobs.
Wait, I haven't worked out T5 yet
Potts Spot As the thoughtful guy I try to convince her
Taxing times: we haven't seen anything yet
Peter Martin - Economics Correspondent Bracket creep for personal income tax is the elephant in the room, but nobody seems to want to look.
Guide to charitable giving
I Can Do That The strategy: To get a tax deduction on charitable donations before June 30.
Capital gains tax comes back from the dead
Annette Sampson Here's a retirement planning tip: don't die until you've spent all your super.
Avoid a tax liability
I Can Do That The strategy: To avoid leaving my loved ones with a super tax bill when I retire.
Art of deduction
I Can Do That The strategy: To get a tax break on my work-related expenses.
Returns in pocket beat pre-tax profit
Annette Sampson Tax matters. And not just because it's that time of the year when tax is top of mind.
Carbon tax explained
I Can Do That The strategy: to work out whether I'll be compensated for the carbon tax.
