Tax deductions
- Opinion
- Income tax
Five last-minute hacks to help reduce your tax bill
Five weeks until the end of the financial year means it’s action stations if you want to make any moves to minimise your tax.
- Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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- Victorian budget
Choke hold: The 33 taxes, levies and duties Victorians are paying that have us at tipping point
A previously unpublished paper shows the growing burden of Victoria’s tax system, including 18 separate but overlapping imposts on property ownership, investment and transactions.
- Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
- Analysis
- Superannuation
Super tax changes the real test of Albanese’s election victory
It’s been on the government’s agenda for two years, but the planned overhaul of tax on super accounts worth more than $3 million will be Albanese’s first test.
- Shane Wright
The tax office is watching you: What the ATO will be targeting this year
While some of the tax office’s focus areas, such as work deductions, are obvious, some are less so.
- Dominic Powell
Sprung! The wildest claims people have made on their tax returns
From air fryers to swimwear and $10,000 in luxury-branded clothing, here are some of the strange claims the Tax Office has to sort through.
- Millie Muroi
- Analysis
- Sketch
Dutton expected to go on the attack. Instead, Chalmers had him for lunch
The House of Representatives has hosted debates about many hefty issues over the years. This wasn’t one of them.
- Matthew Knott
Free business lunch fight devolves into business battle
A Coalition plan to give businesses a free lunch has turned into a battle over the cost to the budget and whether small businesses are growing in number.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Never mind negative gearing. Australians pushed $67b through this tax vehicle
The record amount has flowed through a growing number of trusts to help Australians, mostly high-income earners, reduce their tax bills.
- Shane Wright
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- Charity
Rounding up for charity at the register? Soon you’ll be able to claim it on tax
The $2 minimum for tax-deductible charity donations has been in place since 1927. Now the government plans to remove it.
- Shane Wright
Crackdown on oil and gas giants delivers nation billions in extra tax
A long-term effort by the ATO to get more tax out of the oil and gas sectors has paid dividends that are likely to deliver billions of dollars in extra revenue.
- Shane Wright
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