Local Laws can result in heavy fines

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council Local Laws (Local Laws) contain laws that regulate certain activities on Council controlled or owned land and impose offences where a person undertakes those activates without approval or without a required permit. Where an offence...

ATO’s Audit Targets

Recently, the ATO has updated new audit targets to maintain the health of the tax systems, and make sure that all taxpayers pay their fair share. There are a lot of taxpayers mistakenly claiming their deductions or trying to evade paying tax. Some of the areas that...

Shares vs. Super

Investment advisor’s are predicting older Australians’ will be moving savings to the share market to boost their income. This will come after the official interest rate was slashed to a record low of 1.75 percent this month, and is predicted to go even lower come...

Small business and unfair contract terms

In November 2015 the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Bill (“the Bill”) was passed by the Federal Government. The new law amends the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 and the Competition and Consumer Act...