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Draw a tax-effective income from Super to maintain your lifestyle Are you aged 55 or over? Would you like to boost your retirement savings tax-effectively whil
By Adam Hurwood | |Draw a tax-effective income from Super to maintain your lifestyle Are you aged 55 or over? Would you like to boost your retirement savings tax-effectively whil
By Adam Hurwood | |Regular savers could receive riches beyond dollars in the bank, with the pattern also promoting happiness and good health, a survey shows. According to the lat
By Adam Hurwood | |Small Business Instant Asset Write-Off Threshold The federal government has introduced amendments to reduce the instant asset write off threshold to $1,000 (wh
By Adam Hurwood | |When you read headlines about Australia’s rising unemployment or the slowdown in the mining boom, it’s easy to lose confidence in investment markets. But th
By Adam Hurwood | |Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos have outlined the federal government’s plans regarding announced but not yet legislated tax an
By Adam Hurwood | |Background The easiest method for a buyer or potential successor to analyse different businesses is by using benchmark performance comparisons. Benchmarking is
By Adam Hurwood | |The composition of our workforce is changing. According to recent research, in two years time there will be more Australians leaving the workforce than entering
By Adam Hurwood | |With the new coalition government having now been sworn in, we thought it timely to summarise the tax changes that are directly targeted towards helping small b
By Adam Hurwood | |As a recipient of the Age Pension, you automatically receive a Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) which entitles the holder to many great benefits such as reduced-
By Adam Hurwood | |If you are required to travel as a business owner or employee in the course of producing assessable income, you may deduct most travel expenses. For example,
By Adam Hurwood | |We are pleased to share that our clients' portfolios have outperformed over the last financial year compared to index benchmarks. We attribute this investment
By Adam Hurwood | |Best Practice Businesses build their business value by recognising the operational and strategic drivers which contribute to that value. What are the Drivers o
By Adam Hurwood | |As always, the Australian Government has again made changes to income tax legislation for the new financial year. Below we have listed the top 5 most important
By Adam Hurwood | |Financial Planning When it comes to making investment decisions, research shows we are our own worst enemies, with our brains better hardwired for stone-a
By Adam Hurwood | |Do you have an end game? You’ve grown you business gradually and now your mind turns to collecting the reward from your investment in capital, know-how and ye
By Adam Hurwood | |Throughout my working life, I have spent a lot of time researching, analysing, trialling, and implementing new systems, and new ways of operating those systems
By Adam Hurwood | |Smart strategies can help you take advantage of business deductions, lower your assessable income and increase your disposable income. To help you avoid paying
By Adam Hurwood | |In the lead up to 30 June there are a number of compelling reasons to start a conversation with your adviser asking about the advantages of specific financial y
By Adam Hurwood | |Deeming Superannuation Account Based Income Streams Proposed for new income streams commencing from 1 January 2015 For Centrelink income test purposes, superan
By Adam Hurwood | |No Extension of Draw-Down Relief for Income Streams Proposed from 1 July 2013 Conspicuous by its absence, the Government has not announced any further
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