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Loral Ipsum - Clean homes, clean environment

Our homes are important. They are places of rest, escape and shelter. In a home we raise families, entertain friends and build a life and, as with most things that are important, our homes need to be looked after. Whether it is the house you live in, the community outside your door or the environment around you, Loral Ipsum (Aust) Pty Ltd is a company dedicated to helping in a variety of practical ways.   Read more

Accessing your super whilst still working

Thinking about retirement but not ready yet?
You no longer need to retire to access your superannuation. Instead, you can continue to work either part-time or full-time and access part of your super. It is done through a Transition to Retirement Income Stream. If you are thinking about retirement read our article and see the very compelling example.   Read more

Safeguarding Futures

Property investment
Investment properties have proved to be very popular for Australians as they start to consider planning for their futures. There are quite a few options you need to consider for your investment property to ensure you are minimising your tax. Learn about the options that can secure your financial future. Then secure it for you and your family.   Read more

Tax strategies for end of financial year

With the end of the financial year rapidly approaching we provide a list of things you might consider to reduce your tax bill. Personal tax and Business tax

Career conversations

Today’s organisations are leaner, flatter and have fewer “traditional” opportunities or obvious career paths. As a result, managers often avoid career conversations out of fear that they cannot describe the next promotion or step in an employee’s career. Staff can find it easier to pursue concrete opportunities outside the organisation than investigate and understand the opportunities inside. Read more

Federal Budget 2010

The 2010 Budget contained few surprises. All of the big ticket taxation announcements had already been made when the Henry Tax Review was released. However, there were still some significant announcements.   Read more

The Henry Tax Review

The Henry Report is in three volumes totalling approximately 1300 pages and containing 138 recommendations. The Government's initial response, called “Stronger-Fairer-Simpler. A tax plan for our future”, deals with less than 50 of the recommendations. Read more

Time to think medical

The Government announced in the Budget that the threshold for claiming net medical expenses is set to increase from $1,500 to $2,000 as of 1 July 2010. Therefore it might be advantageous to consider the most appropriate timing of payment for medical expenses you are likely to incur close to the end of the financial year.  Read more

Quick Guides - Useful facts and figures

For all your financial facts and figures for the next 12 months. Our Quick Guides have always proved to be very popular. If you would like the Handy Reckoner paper versions, please call our office.
Personal Tax Quick Guide
Business Tax Quick Guide
Property Investors Tax Quick Guide

Top up your super

Low and middle income earners can take advantage of the Government’s very attractive co-contribution scheme. Read more

Count newsletter

Read the latest Count Report with articles including:

Partnering for success

Do you know what cover you have?

Tax strategies to create wealth

Around the firm

Congratulations to Simon and Susan Dinér on the birth of their third child Keiran.

Building works underway

We have managed to change our lifestyles to accommodate the building works that have gobbled up what was once our car park. With a new downstairs reception area, a short walk to the office for those who drive, workmen in all directions and even a dry run of our evacuation procedure, we have now acclimatised to our changing offices.

There are piles of clay up to our windows on the first floor, trenches running around the perimeter of the extension and diggers and other machinery coming and going. Look for the hard hat on our home page to follow the progress.

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Disclaimer: This publication has been prepared on the basis of information available at the date of preparation. The information is general in nature and is not to be taken as substitute for specific professional advice. We recommend that our advice be sought on specific issues prior to acting on transactions affected.