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Tax Deductions for Bricklayers and Stonemasons

12 January 2018

Average weekly pay:     $1,200 Employment size:         33,300   Future growth:              Moderate    Skill level                         Certificate III or IV   A bricklayer is a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork.  A stonemason is one who lays…

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Tax Deductions for Flight Attendants

12 January 2018

Average weekly pay:     $1,110 Employment size:         12,000   Future growth:              Very strong    Skill level                        Certificate III or IV  Flight attendants (also known as stewards/stewardesses, air hosts/hostesses, cabin attendants) are members of an aircrew employed…

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Tax Deductions for Chefs

12 January 2018

Average weekly pay:     $1,050 Employment size:         85,000   Future growth:              Very strong    Skill level                        Associate degree or diploma   A chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.…

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Tax Deductions for Actors, Dancers & Other Entertainers

12 January 2018

  Average weekly pay:           $600  Employment size:                6,000   Future growth:                     Strong      Skill level                                Bachelor degree or higher   Actors,…

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Money Laundering Using Tax Havens

12 January 2018

Money laundering is the process of transforming the profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly ‘legitimate’ assets, and the hiding of income/wealth from Governments to avoid taxation. Placing ‘dirty’ money in a service company, where it is layered with legitimate income and then integrated into the flow of money, is a common form of money…

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Tax Savings Strategy 196 | FBT Exempt Work Related Items

11 January 2018

Providing the following work related items to employees is tax deductible and FBT exempt: Portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets, portable printers and GPS navigation receivers. Computer software. Protective clothing Briefcases. Tools of trade. Even when employees salary sacrifice the cost of the items with their employees they still benefit from saving…

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Tax Deductions for Fitness Instructors

10 January 2018

Average weekly pay:          $1,000  Employment size:               31,000   Future growth:                    Very Strong      Skill level                              Certificate II or III Fitness instructors provide…

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The Danegeld Land Tax – 810

9 January 2018

The Danegeld, or Dane tribute, was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. The tax was collected from the citizens and jointly used to buy off the attackers, and also pay the defence forces a wage.  In 810 a Danish fleet of two hundred vessels…

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Tax Evasion – Illegal Use of Tax Havens Amounts to $6 Trillion

5 January 2018

Tax evasion or tax crime occurs when people abuse the tax and superannuation systems through intentional and dishonest behaviour with the aim of obtaining a financial benefit. Tax evasion often entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability and includes dishonest tax reporting, such…

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Tax Savings Strategy 195 | Taxi Travel

3 January 2018

Employer provided taxi travel that is a single trip beginning or ending at the employer’s place of work will be tax deductible to the employer and an FBT exempt benefit to the employee. This enables an employer to provide an employee with a single taxi trip to the office everyday, and then another single trip…

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"You’d be stupid not to try to cut your tax bill and those that don’t are stupid in business"

- Bono: U2