Estate Planning for Business Owners

by | Sep 8, 2015 | Articles

Have you thought about how your business partnership or company might affect your estate planning? For example, how will you fund the pay out of your business partner’s family if your business partner dies or becomes incapacitated? Many people who are involved in a...

ONLINE CRIME AND IDENTITY THEFT ON THE RISE

by | Sep 2, 2015 | Articles

In 2007 Queensland made it a criminal offence to steal or forge the personal identification information of another person for the purpose of committing a crime. There is a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment and 5 years imprisonment if the information is provided...

Tax Deductions: What can you claim?

by | Aug 26, 2015 | Articles

Deductions provide taxpayers with an opportunity to reduce their taxable income, therefore reducing the quantity of tax payable. They can however be tricky to work out and, as a result most people are very cautious about dealing with them or avoid them entirely! For...

What is a Mutual Will?

by | Aug 21, 2015 | Articles

As the incidence of blended families becomes increasingly common, the importance of making consideration for this in estate planning grows too. Blended families are expressed as one or both spouses/domestic partners (“spouses”) with children from...