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Recipient and Runners Up of AdviceCo and CCF $20,000 Community Grant Announced
AdviceCo is thrilled to announce that the recipient of their inaugural $20,000 Community Grant is Central Coast Kids in Need. Runners Up of the program are Camp Breakaway and Iris Foundation/Because We Care Boutique, who will both receive a $5,000 contribution from AdviceCo and the Count Charitable Foundation. A further $2,500 was also donated to…
Read MoreAdviceCo team doing things from a (social) distance
COVID has put a dampener on many events and traditions for all of us in Greater Sydney, including some of AdviceCo’s social traditions. The disappointment was real when we had to cancel our End of Financial Year lunch and monthly team meetings, but we weren’t going to give up so easily. With most of our…
Read MoreWork deductions – What’s on the taxman’s radar?
The ATO says that this year it will pay extra attention to people whose deduction claims are higher than expected, in particular those claiming car expenses.
The expenses the ATO says it will be scrutinising can include claims by those transporting bulky tools, and deductions for travel, internet and mobile phone as well as claims for self-education expenses.
Read MoreMandatory drug and alcohol testing under the Building Code 2013
From Friday 16 October 2015, the new fitness for work amendments to the Building Code 2013 commenced for all building contractors covered by the Building Code. Fair Work Building & Construction (FWBC) is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Building Code and will have a three stage approach to auditing the drug and alcohol testing requirements.
Read MoreEstate planning – what you need to know
Estate planning involves much more than having an up to date WIll. It is more important to ensure that your assets are distributed in the most effective manner and without adverse tax consequences for your beneficiaries.
Read MoreRebate Scheme – Jobs Action Plan
The 2016-17 Budget, announced by NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejoklian recently, has tweaked the government’s Jobs Action Plan, which provides payroll tax rebates for eligible businesses hiring new staff.
Starting from July 31, 2016, businesses will only be eligible for the rebate if they employ 50 or less full-time equivalent (FTE) employees.
Read MoreTED Talks: Barry Schwartz – The way we think about work is broken
What makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz suggests, our current way of thinking about work simply ignores. It’s time to stop thinking of workers as cogs on a wheel.
Read MoreParliament gives Fair Work Amendments the Green Light
The Federal Parliament has finally passed a range of changes that have been ‘log jammed’ in the Senate for well over a year now.
Read MoreDebbie Bloffwitch and client Sally Hart conquer the Fred Hollows Foundation Coastal Trek
On Friday, 4 March 2016, Client Service Manager Debbie Bloffwitch and client Sally Hart participated in the Coastrek 55km team trekking challenge which journeyed from Palm Beach to Balmoral in support of The Fred Hollwows Foundation and their work towards ending avoidable blindness here in Indigenous Australia and in developing countries around the world.
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