Tax rules for work-from-home are changing 2023
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The new work-from-home tax rules explained

- February 24, 2023 2 MIN READ

The ATO has adjusted how you can claim your work-from-home tax costs. While most of the COVID health restrictions have now been lifted, a lot of businesses are still operating a hybrid work place where staff have the flexibility to work from home on a regular basis. As a result, the Australian Tax Office has… Read more »

Best performing ASX stocks of past 10 years
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The best blue-chip stocks over the last 10 years

- February 3, 2023 2 MIN READ

CommSec have found the standout stocks of the past decade and there’s one particular company that’s been a real winner. A couple of weeks ago I showed the best performing listed shares for 2023… and the duds of the year. Overall, the winners were resource stocks (coal miners in particular) and the duds were tech… Read more »

Is Aussie inflation slowing
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Is Aussie inflation slowing?

- December 2, 2022 4 MIN READ

A big week for getting a temperature on the economy leading into Tuesday’s RBA interest rate decision… and that pesky Aussie inflation figure looks to be heading in the right direction. Consumer prices, CPI, rose 0.2 per cent in October and 6.9 per cent over the year, which is slowing down and came in well… Read more »

Financial scams are getting worse not better
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Financial scams are just out of control

- November 11, 2022 3 MIN READ

Financial scams are getting worse, not better. It has to stop. You know how passionate I am about the plague of financial scams conning ordinary Aussies today… and particularly those which illegally use my photo and fictitious comments from me to lure people into their scams. All I can do is report these scams on… Read more »

Healthy signs for the Australian economy
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Two very healthy signs for the Australian economy

- November 11, 2022 3 MIN READ

Here are two clear signs that things are looking pretty good for the Australian economy right now. 1. We’re coping with the interest rate increase impact on our home loans When Westpac declared their disappointing earning result this week – which hammered its share price – I was interested in the page summarising the state… Read more »

How the Federal Budget potentially affects the ASX
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How the Federal Budget will impact share investments

- October 28, 2022 4 MIN READ

You would have been bombarded with information about this week’s Federal Budget, but I liked what CommSec has done and linked each major budget initiative to the listed companies which will benefit most. Household spending and population growth Due to higher inflation, the government will allocate an additional $33 billion over the next four years… Read more »