101 ways to save money on your tax - legally! : updated 2014-2015 / Adrian Raftery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raftery, Adrian, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--Australia.

Taxation.

Tax deductions--Australia.

Tax deductions.

Finance, Personal--Australia.

Finance, Personal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Other Title:

One hundred and one ways to save money on your tax legally

Place of Publication:

St. Milton, Queensland : Wrightbooks, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Stop giving your money away! You work hard for your money, and you work even harder to set and keep a budget that makes the most of it. But when tax time arrives, do you feel shorted on your return? Nearly everyone has to pay taxes, but the government is only entitled to so much of your money. You might be letting them keep hundreds or even thousands of dollars that rightfully belong to you. No matter what your accounting habits have been so far, you can still claim what's yours. 101 Ways to Save Money on Your Tax-Legally! 2014 - 2015 is your ultimate guide to maximising your

Contents:

101 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR TAX Legally!; Contents; About the author; How to use this book; Introduction; Part I You and your family; 1 Marriage; 2 Income splitting; 3 Dependent spouse tax offset; 4 Dependant (invalid and carer) tax offset; 5 Children; 6 Paid parental leave; 7 Dad and partner pay; 8 Child care; 9 Low-income earners; Low-income tax offset; Superannuation co-contribution; Superannuation spouse contribution tax offset; Low-income superannuation contribution; 10 Senior Australians; Mature age worker tax offset; Senior and pensioner tax offset; 11 Other government benefits

Family Tax Benefit Part AFamily Tax Benefit Part B; SchoolKids Bonus; Parenting payment; Better start for children with a disability; First home saver account; 12 Family breakdown; Transfer of assets; Transfer of superannuation; Child support and spouse support payments; 13 Death; Date of death return; Deceased estate returns; Beneficiaries; 14 Trusts; Part II Your employment; 15 Car usage; 16 Methods to claim car travel; 17 Travel; 18 Uniform; 19 Home office; 20 Other work-related deductions; 21 Keeping those receipts; 22 ATO hit lists; 23 Redundancy; Tax-free component of genuine redundancy

Balance of redundancyUnused leave entitlements; 24 Working a second job; 25 Salary sacrifice; 26 Fringe benefits; 27 Living-away-from-home allowance; Accommodation; Food; Part III Your education; 28 Claiming self-education expenses; 29 The 250 threshold; 30 Self-development courses; 31 Higher Education Loan Program; 32 Student Financial Supplement Scheme; 33 Austudy and ABSTUDY; Austudy; Income test; Assets test; ABSTUDY; 34 Other government assistance; HECS-HELP benefit; FEE-HELP; VET FEE-HELP; OS-HELP; Youth Allowance; 35 Scholarships; 36 School building funds; 37 Education savings plans

Part IV Your investment property38 Negative gearing; 39 Interest; 40 Depreciation; 41 Low-value pooling; 42 Repairs and maintenance; 43 Travel to see your investment property; 44 Borrowing expenses; 45 Legal expenses; 46 Other rental property deductions; 47 Foreign investment properties; 48 Capital gains tax; 49 PAYG withholding variation; 50 Property genuinely available for rent; Part V Your shares; 51 Dividends; 52 Franking credits; 53 Dividend reinvestment plans; 54 Lower income earners; 55 Borrowing to buy shares; 56 Other allowable deductions; Ongoing management fees; Travel expenses

Journals and publicationsInternet access; Other deductions; 57 Shares and capital gains tax; 58 Realising capital losses; 59 Inheriting share portfolios; 60 Share traders versus share investors; 61 Rights and options; 62 Employee share schemes; 63 Share portfolios within self managed superannuation funds; Part VI Your superannuation; 64 Contribution limits; 65 Compulsory employer contributions; 66 Salary sacrifice; 67 Super co-contribution; The income threshold test; The 10 per cent eligible income test; 68 Transferring foreign super; 69 Self managed superannuation funds

70 Buying property within SMSFs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 19, 2014).

ISBN:

9780730310396

0730310396

9780730310389

0730310388

OCLC:

904444694