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Financial Planning

New deeming thresholds could deliver small part age pension

Two significant deeming thresholds increased on 1 July 2026, the one at which the higher deeming rate of 3.25 per cent applies, and the income-free threshold at which income in excess of the threshold begins to reduce the maximum age pension amount.
Accounting

Warning for early lodger this tax time!

The ATO has a clear message this year: slow down and get it right. Early lodgers are far more likely to make mistakes.
Financial Planning

How Our Diets have Changed.

Check out the this visualization, which tracks the evolution of dietary calorie intake from 1930 to 2026.
Accounting

ATO no longer treating debt the same as during COVID

One expert has stressed the importance of tax agents reminding their clients that the ATO is no longer as lenient on tax debt collection as it was during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Financial Planning

The evolution of the world’s languages

Check out the evolution of the world's most spoken languages from 2500 BC to 2026
Accounting

LRBA ban no better for housing supply or retirement, accountants clap back

Despite its aims to ease the housing crisis, Labor’s LRBA ban continues to receive a mixed response, with many concerned about the impacts on retirement security.
Accounting

Social Security Payments and Their Effect on Discretionary Trusts

For businesses and families managing discretionary trusts, understanding how social security laws intersect with trust arrangements is critical. For businesses and families managing discretionary trusts, it is critical to understand how social security laws interact with trust arrangements.
Financial Planning

Rules apply to gifting in superannuation

Australia’s age pension gifting rules are again under scrutiny as advisers warn that retirees are increasingly making financial gifts that unintentionally trigger Centrelink deprivation assessments, said Janet Manzanero-Caruana, senior technical services manager for MLC.
Accounting

Components of a cyber security plan

What is a cyber security risk plan?
Financial Planning

investment and economic outlook 2026

Our latest forecasts for investment returns and region-by-region economic outlook