Uncertainty Still Ruling the Roost
Geopolitically the world appears to be sliding into greater uncertainty.
Income for Living
Are you so interested in the potential increase in the value of your home or the fluctuating value of your shares that you are forgetting about ‘how best to put food on the table’ from good long term income producing dividends? A serious medium to long term investor striving to become financially independent would prefer to rely on the income from dividends rather than the daily fluctuations in share prices.
World Economy and Investment Markets – Deteriorating or Improving
We keep being bombarded by missives of uncertainty, volatility, slowing economic growth around the world and faltering levels of consumer confidence.
Tax Newsflash
Changes by the ATO affecting the 2016 Individual Tax Return: New reporting rules for claiming new tax discount for individuals with income as sole traders, partners & beneficiaries New guidelines for claims for mobile/home phones, internet and electronic devices New ruling for landlords of units, flats, apartments claiming deductions for common property but crackdown on repairs & interest claims New rules streamlining car expense claims methods New reforms limit claims for key offsets – dependant spouse, zone and medical expenses Crackdown on work related and self-education claims Other changes relating to residency, dependant & invalid carer tax offset and Medicare levy concessions & exemptions
Generation Y
Generation Y, the up and comers, the millennials, those born in between 1981-’95 fall into this bracket.
Lifestyle Priorities & Cash Flow Management
You may spend a great deal of time considering what to invest in, when and even question whether to invest at all.
Micro-Globalism
Micro – Globalism is causing huge change, will your business be ready? Micro – Globalism has and is occurring rapidly with the profound shift in business views about the geographic reallocation of labour.
Economic Uncertainty, Market Volatility – What’s Next?
At the time of writing world share markets have been see-sawing with the bias to the downside, particularly here in Australia, and the mood out there has been decisively gloomy.
Our Growing Network
A fourth accounting firm has now joined the Growing Network