by Quinns_News | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog
If you want to operate a business in the home building industry, one of the first things you need to apply for, and then maintain, is a contractor licence that authorises your business to undertake the works which it has contracted to perform. Sometimes things happen...
by Quinns_News | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
This research also found that 40% of respondents believing the reason for the conflict was due to their partner’s overspending. In my experience one partner may be paying more of the family bills than the other, but they are not overspending on themselves. It is...
by Quinns_News | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
Land tax is payable on the taxable value of all land situated in NSW and is charged on land as owned at midnight 31 December each year. A land owner may be exempted from land tax payment on their principal place of residence and this term is widely known as “PPoR”....
by Quinns_News | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
Payroll Tax in New South Wales An individual employer or a group of related businesses may be liable for payroll tax if the total liable wages throughout Australia, including NSW, exceeds the payroll tax threshold. From 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, the payroll tax...
by Quinns_News | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog
The Federal Government recently passed legislative changes to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, increasing the maximum financial penalties imposable for breaches under Australian Consumer Law (ACL). The maximum penalties are set to increase for both companies...
by Quinns_News | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog
The Australian Business Register (ABR) is working with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) in preparation for the retirement of trading names. From November 2018, all trading names will be removed from ABN Lookup. Only registered business...
by Quinns_News | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog
A partnership agreement is an agreement between parties who have entered into a partnership. A partnership is generally defined as a relationship between two or more people carrying out, or intending to carry out, a profit-earning business or venture. The purpose of...
by Quinns_News | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog
An employee photographer has been denied deductions for travel expenses (when travelling with his family), and other purported work related expenses. Facts of the case The tax payer was employed as a photographer by Nationwide News Pty Ltd. For the 2013 income year,...
by Quinns_News | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
在过去十几年中，尤其在悉尼、墨尔本等一线城市，投资者对房产的需求明显超过了市场的供应量，供不应求导致澳大利亚房价迅速增长。与此同时，澳洲本土工资的增长速度又远不及房价的增速，由此导致了住房可负担性（Housing Affordability）逐年恶化。针对这个问题，历届联邦政府和州政府都陆续推出了一系列政策，例如严打海外违规购房与虚假贷款、首次置业补贴（First Home Owner Grant，简称FHOG）、经济适用房计划（Affordable Housing Initiative）等等。 2017年11月30日，...
by Quinns_News | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
‘Unclaimed money’ refers to money from lost or old bank accounts, shares, investments or old insurance policies that have been inactive for a significant period of time. Depending on where the funds are held (i.e., a bank, a superannuation fund, an insurance policy or...
