by Greenhalgh Pickard | May 24, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Engage the services of a conveyancer or lawyer with experience and expertise in property matters. Through your conveyancer or lawyer, you will be able to order Government searches in relation to your property, which are needed to complete the necessary sale and...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | May 19, 2016 | Articles, Blog
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...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | May 10, 2016 | Articles, Blog
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...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | May 6, 2016 | Articles, Blog
With the rise of modern technology, the sharing of private, sexually explicit materials, either photos or videos, of another person, without their consent is labelled ‘revenge porn’ and is becoming an increasing legal problem. The law is evolving in this area...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Blog
2016 tax time will be here in two months, there will be changes for income tax returns, and there will be some points that we need to pay attention to. The ATO will both change and introduce several rules this year: Car expenses – tax deduction rules From 1...
by Greenhalgh Pickard | Apr 13, 2016 | Articles, Blog
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has advised it will be commencing a series of random audits on 2015 and future tax returns in the hopes to gain back the estimated $3 billion in lost revenue. The plan is to target deliberate tax evaders, as well as those...
