Wellness in Your Organisation October 6, 2014 Shane Bryan As an employer our team members health and well-being is extremely important to us. There are various organisation that offer support to employers wishing to implement and instigate wellness programs in the workplace for example the Beyond Blue Organisations Heads Up Program www.headsup.org.au The first step in the implementation process is to identify ‘what does […] Read More
A reminder about the power of compounding September 26, 2014 Matt Richardson I came across a great article written by Pete Wargent a couple of weeks ago which reminded us about the 8th Wonder of the World – Compounding Returns! Some things about compounding don’t appear to make any logical sense on face value. When the value of an investment doubles at regular intervals, the increase in […] Read More
Aged Care – 40/70 September 19, 2014 Peter Cramer 40/70 – these are the ages to think about and plan re Aged Care issues. Age 40: At age 40, children may have parents who will be approaching the age to think about aged care. Age 70: Parents are approaching the age to think about aged care. As of 1/7/14 the rules relating to fees […] Read More
Car Expenses September 5, 2014 Natasha Gardner Lately I have found myself discussing the rules around claiming motor vehicle expenses quite frequently with clients so what better topic to blog about? The following rules apply to individual taxpayers and individual partners of partnerships who use their car for income producing purposes. These rules do not apply to Companies or Trusts. The claim […] Read More
Communication August 29, 2014 Shane Bryan Through Green Taylor Partners many and varied methods of engaging our team members, I was doing some research into ‘workplace communication’ to deliver a training session at our weekly meeting. The purpose of the research was to find out what makes a great communicator and relate this back to one of the Green Taylor Partners […] Read More
Private Health Insurance, know your Gap August 22, 2014 Rohan Brown As Accountants we often end up discussing private Health insurance for the taxation-based reason of reducing the Medicare Surcharge Levy (1% additional tax). Another reason that under 30’s buy Private Health insurance is to lock in at the ’30 year old’ rate for life. (It gets progressively more expensive after age 30). Although these are […] Read More
GTP Website Resources August 8, 2014 David Hadley Several weeks ago Matt Richardson wrote a blog titled “Some basic tips for school leavers“. With this in mind I thought it appropriate to remind all our clients (not just our younger ones) of the fantastic tools we have on our web page! First step Type www.greentaylor.com.au into your Web Browser (that’s at the top left of the […] Read More
An insight into what the ATO is targeting with Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSF) August 1, 2014 Peter Cramer Recently I attended a session in Melbourne where the ATO was being interviewed about their concerns and areas of focus regarding SMSF’s. It was most interesting and I thought it might be useful to share this with you. The ATO is focusing on breaches of the Sole Purpose Test, (i.e.) where the SMSF was set […] Read More
Some basic financial tips for school leavers July 11, 2014 Matt Richardson When I was 18 managing my money was not the highest priority on the list. As I recall sport and socialising received the most dedicated attention! However what I have learnt since I left school is the earlier you do get into some good financial habits the less financial trouble you will find yourself in […] Read More
The Rule of Three July 4, 2014 David Hadley As it is nearly the end of the financial year I am sure we all have our tax planning well and truly under control. Hence my blog this week will not mention anything about tax. I recently received two articles via electronic media in relation to how to perform better in business. Both these articles […] Read More
