November 2010
Improving your Business with Tactica
How to Manage Your Stock for Higher Profits
Top Tips for managing your stock

September 2010
New and Improved Format for Tactica Newsletters
Improving your Business with Tactica
How much are Debtor Days costing your business and how can they be reduced?

July 2010
Car limit for the 2010/11 year
Changes to company loan rules
Change to averaging of primary production income
PAYG payment summary reporting requirements - changes for 2009/10
Private health insurance and the Medicare levy surcharge
Benchmarks and dealing with the cash economy
Extension of Pension Drawdown Relief
ASIC Fees
Staff Announcement

MAY 2010
Henry Tax Review Wrap
Business Tip
Data matching vs the cash economy
Industry benchmarks vs the cash economy
Marketing Tip
WA Business Statistics
Client Notices

APRIL 2010
Upcoming Boardroom Event - 20th April 2010
Tax Planning In An Uncertain Tax Landscape
Business/Marketing Tip - 80/20 Rule
Tax Office's start to the year maybe not as good as they hoped for
Crackdown on 'Phoenix' activity
Tax donations to volunteer bushfire brigades deductible
Political donations no longer deductible for businesses
Bali Peace Park - donations deductible
GIC AND SIC rates
Storm Update
Tactica in the News - Pro-Subi Profile
WA Business Statistics
Client Notices
Client/Associate Acknowledgements

MARCH 2010
Important Developments for Year End Tax Planning
Marketing is Everything
How to find 'lost' Super Money
Rental properties - travel expenses
End of the 2009/10 FBT Year

FEBRUARY 2010
Australian Taxation Office comes down hard on monies owed to 'bucket' companies
Declare offshore income or wear the consequences
Defamation payout not assessable
Five new Tax Alerts
Australian Taxation Office appeals case - education expenses/Youth Allowance
Fuel Efficient Luxury Car Tax Threshold
Financial Review Article
Goods taken from stock for private use
Staff Announcement

DECEMBER 2009
Cash economy in the firing line
Crackdown on phoenix schemes
Superannuation 'clearing house' service
Australian Taxation Office looks closely at employers employing 'contractors'
Australian Taxation Office trials payment by credit card
Self-education deductible against Youth Allowance
Australian Taxation Office Delay in Processing Assessments
Marketing Tip
Client Notices
Board Room Event
Staff Announcement
Xmas Office Closure

NOVEMBER 2009
More Tax Office audits with New Small Business Benchmarks
Christmas/year end parties and gifts
Forestry MISs to receive concession on 4 year holding rule
FBT - Donations made under salary sacrifice arrangements
Warning: Another tax refund email scam
Marketing Tip
Board Room Event
Client Acknowledgements

OCTOBER 2009
Library - Password Required
Claiming the Tax Break through a sale and leaseback
Super fund taxed at 45%! Dividends were "special income"
Draft legislation to abolish the CGT "Trust Cloning" exception
Non-commercial loan rules watered down for farmers/business
Tax Office warns about identity theft

SEPTEMBER 2009
SMSF lends money to related company, pays 45% tax
Government's "tax break": hire purchase agreements
Australian Taxation Office: Be careful when claiming losses on shares
Changes to taxation on foreign employment income
Resident minors' effective 2009/10 ax-free threshold

AUGUST 2009
Cash Economy & Personal living guide
Australian Taxation Office's 2009/10 Compliance Targets
Tax Boux = Child support bonus
Employee Share Schemes
Related party transactions of SMSFs under review
Claiming the Tax Break on laptops
Recognising same-sex relationships
Car depreciation limit for 2009/10

JULY 2009
Partner Invoices
Website Update
Work-related expenses back on Australian Taxation Office's radar
Taxpayer Alerts: Inappropriate loss schemes
Tax Office Benchmarking
Cash-strapped small business - Help from Australian Taxation Office
Suer guarantee 2009/10
CGT Improvement Threshhold

2009 YEAR END TAX PLANNING CHECKLIST
Prepayments
Accelerating Allowable Deductions
Deferral of Income
Income Paid in Advance
Bad Debt Write Off
PAYG Payment Summaries and PAYG Withholding
Motor Vehcile Log Books and Claims
Superannuation
Stock and Plant Write Offs
Building Allowance Write Offs
Year End Directors' Fees and Employee Bonuses
Capital Gains Tax
Australian Taxation Office Approved Tax Effective Investments
GST Reminder
Child Care Rebate
Education Tax Refund
2009 Budget Announcements
Changes to Medicare Levy Thresholds
Senior Australian Tax Offset
Small Business & General Business Tax Break

JUNE 2009
Tactica Website Update
Budget 2009
Clock ticking for salary sacrificing to super
Super co-contribution reminder
Small Business Tax Break Boost
Other Budget changes
FBT car parking threshold
Watch out for superannuation scams...
...and dodgy tax schemes
Referrals

MAY 2009
SMSFs and borrowing money
Australian Taxation Office data matching programs
Superfund members may be entitled to more age pension
Income tax: 2008/09 cents per km rates
FBT Record keeping exemption threshold
FBT Benchmark interest rate
Student entitled to deductions against Youth Allowance

APRIL 2009
Tactica Website Update
New Investment Allowance - FAQs
Another 12 charged under Project Wickenby
Superfund audits on the rise
Timber floor installation benchmarks

MARCH 2009
New small business and general business tax
break
Tax bonuses
Tips for claiming donations to emergency relief funds
Reminder about the Education Tax Refund
Referrals... A gold mine gone begging

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
Reduction of Dec quarter PAYG instalment
New 'Investment Allowance' introduced
Time to review SMSF investment strategies
SMSFs paying death benefits
FBT exemption for laptop with upgrades
Assets in family trust not safe from ex-spouse
One-off tax bonus payment
Staff changes at Tactica Partners

DECEMBER 2008
FBT tip for Xmas time
Christmas Gifts
Taxpayer's legal expenses for employment dismissal deductible
Claiming a rebate for a dependant receiving a super pension
Tax return processing delays

NOVEMBER 2008
Super funds coming unstuck with loans to members
Superannuation and business real property
Overseas holidays deductible
New benchmarks
FBT on laptops and GPS receivers

OCTOBER 2008
Cash economy under fire: Australian Taxation Office directly contacting taxpayers
Bill to remove same-sex discrimination introduced
More Australian Taxation Office industry benchmarks - roofing, taxis, concreting
Medicare benefit tax statements now available online
First home saver accounts (FHSAs)
Genuine redundancy payments
Government's trust tax changes reversed in the Senate

SEPTEMBER 2008
Australian Taxation Office's compliance program: 2008/09
Resident minors' 2008/09 tax-free threshold
'In-house' computer software - four years effective life
Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs): Investment rules

AUGUST 2008
Car depreciation limit for 2008/09
Choice of super: Funds must offer life insurance
Low income tax offset: Six of one, half a dozen of the other
Education Tax Offset now available
Minor benefits exemption may apply to benefit provided every year
New small business tax calendar tool