Confused by what all the facts and figures mean on your super or pension statements? Don’t despair – here’s how to translate them.

The ATO has issued guidance on making claims for mobile phone use as well as home phone and internet expenses, and says that if you use any of these for work purposes you should be able to claim a deduction if there are records to support claims.

In every workplace, there are three basic kinds of people: givers, takers and matchers. Organisational psychologist Adam Grant breaks down these personalities and offers simple strategies to promote a culture of generosity and keep self-serving employees from taking more than their share.

Salary sacrifice can be a great way to get a part of your remuneration in a form other than cash – and not personally pay tax on it.

Mum and dad investors in receipt of dividends from their share portfolio often benefit from investing in blue chip shares because they usually have franking credits attached.

Trusts are an important and very useful concept for managing one’s financial affairs, as well as estate planning.

It happens to all of us – you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox.

Comedian James Veitch turned this frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer. Hijinks ensued.

Our Olympian contingent arrived back from from Rio with a collective 29 medals, eight of them gold, securing Australia 10th place overall. But our Olympic champions take extra comfort knowing that they are back in a country where self managed superannuation funds are consistently taking 1st place and standing on the highest podium to take the gold medal for best performance.

Many investment property owners may be missing out on valuable property depreciation entitlements, simply by not being up-to-speed on what is and is not depreciable.

As digital customers, we use the internet everyday to login to personal and banking accounts, check news updates or to log on to social media. We perform so many tasks using the internet, believing that it’s safe, that we tend to neglect security and preventative measures to deter cyber-criminals and fraudsters.