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RAD or DAP
Small Business CGT
Division 296 Projector
Child Support Calculator
Retirement Village Exit Fee Calculator
Pension Optimiser
Land Tax Check
Property Settlement Calculator
Redundancy Payout
Division 7A Calculator
Family Provision
TPD Claim Value
Resident or Not
Catch-Up Super
Award Back Pay
Contractor or Employee
GST Margin Scheme
Super Death Benefits Tax Calculator
Payroll Tax Grouping
Main Residence CGT
RAD or DAP The aged care accommodation decision, priced both ways
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Aged care fees explained: the 4 costs you pay
How much does aged care cost in Australia? 4 worked examples
How much does respite care cost in 2026?
How to calculate aged care costs in 6 steps
Accommodation
RAD vs DAP: which way to pay costs less?
What is a RAD? The refundable accommodation deposit explained
What is a DAP? The daily accommodation payment explained
Means testing
The aged care means test, explained simply
Means tested care fee vs the new non-clinical care contribution
The hotelling contribution: the aged care fee with no cap
The non-clinical care contribution: rates, caps and the 4 year rule
How aged care can cut or boost your Age Pension
Aged care fee caps: what stops, and what never does
The home
Should you sell the family home to pay for aged care?
Renting out the home in aged care: does it pay?
Small Business CGT The four concessions, priced in every lawful order
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The four concessions
Small business CGT concessions explained: all 4 in plain English
The 15-year exemption: sell your business with no CGT on the gain
The 50% active asset reduction: the tax break that applies itself
The retirement exemption: $500,000 tax free, no need to retire
The small business rollover: delay the tax, but not forever
Do you qualify?
The basic conditions: do you qualify for the small business CGT concessions?
The $2 million turnover test (not $10 million)
The $6 million net asset value test, explained simply
The active asset test: does your asset qualify?
Affiliates and connected entities: whose figures count with yours
Selling shares in your own company: the extra CGT conditions
Significant individuals and CGT concession stakeholders, explained
The order
In what order do the small business CGT concessions apply?
Capital losses and the 50% CGT discount on a business sale
Switching off the 50% active asset reduction: when it pays
Division 296 Projector The $3m super tax, on your own figures
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Division 296 explained: the $3m super tax in plain English
How is Division 296 tax calculated? A step by step guide
What counts in your total super balance for Division 296?
What counts as earnings for Division 296?
The $10m super tax tier: why the rate is 25%, not 10%
The transitional rules
Why 30 June 2027 matters more than any other Division 296 date
The Division 296 cost base reset election, explained
Division 296 CGT relief for industry and retail funds
How the Division 296 thresholds rise with inflation
Inside the fund
How does an SMSF split Division 296 earnings between members?
Is your pension account safe from Division 296?
What happens to Division 296 when your fund loses money?
Portfolio turnover: the free way to cut Division 296
Division 296 on defined benefit super, explained
Child Support Calculator The eight step formula, all ten change of assessment reasons, and every night of care priced
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The formula
How Is Child Support Calculated in Australia?
The Child Support Self-Support Amount, Explained
The Costs of the Children Table for Child Support
Adjusted Taxable Income for Child Support, Explained
Combined Child Support Income, Explained
Income Percentage vs Cost Percentage in Child Support
Care and nights
What Is One Night of Care Worth in Child Support?
Going From 4 to 5 Nights a Fortnight: What Changes?
Reporting a Change in Care: The 28 Day Rule
50/50 Care and Child Support: Who Pays?
Change of assessment
The 10 Reasons You Can Change a Child Support Assessment
Reason 8: Hidden Income and Earning Capacity in Child Support
Private School Fees and Child Support: Reason 3
Child Support for a Child With Special Needs: Reason 2
Travel Costs to See Your Children: Reason 1
What Evidence Do You Need for a Change of Assessment?
Retirement Village Exit Fee Calculator What the contract takes back on the way out
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How a deferred management fee works, and what it takes from you
Who keeps the capital gain in a retirement village?
The 3 clauses to find in your retirement village contract
Is a retirement village a rip-off? The honest answer
The law
How long does a retirement village take to pay you out?
How long do you keep paying fees after leaving a retirement village?
The alternatives
Retirement village or land lease community: which costs less?
Is it cheaper to stay in your house than move to a village?
What actually happens
What happens to a retirement village unit when a resident dies?
Moving from a retirement village into aged care: the timing trap
By state
NSW retirement village exit rules: what the Act gives you
Queensland retirement village exit rules: what the Act gives you
Victorian retirement village exit rules: what the Act gives you
Retirement village exit rules in SA, WA, the ACT, Tasmania and the NT
The traps
Leaving a retirement village after a short stay: why it costs the most
What does reinstatement mean in a retirement village?
What you can do
11 questions to ask a retirement village before you sign
Pension Optimiser The assets test, the income test, and what every dollar over the line costs you
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How much is the Age Pension, and why do most get less?
How much can you own and still get the pension?
How much income can you have and still get the pension?
Why every $1,000 over the limit costs you $78 a year
When does the Age Pension stop?
Deeming: how Centrelink decides what your savings earn
Who counts as what
Own your home? Your asset limit is much lower
Couples and the Age Pension: whose money counts?
Younger partner's super: not counted until they turn 67
What counts as an asset for the Age Pension?
Your home and the Age Pension: why it is not counted
What can be done about it
How much money can you give away on the Age Pension?
Can a funeral bond lift your Age Pension?
Can renovating your home boost your Age Pension?
Can spending your savings raise your Age Pension?
Lifetime income streams: only 60% counts as an asset
Granny flat interests: how paying family affects your pension
Land Tax Check Every state, every structure, one bill
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How land tax works
Land tax aggregation: why your second property raises the bill
Land tax assessment dates: the midnight that sets your bill
Land value vs property value: which one is land tax based on?
Land tax thresholds by state: all eight compared
Australian land tax rates: every state’s scale in one place
Ownership and structures
NSW land tax for trusts: why a family trust pays from the first dollar
Victorian land tax for trusts: what the surcharge costs
Family trust land tax: what a discretionary trust really costs
Unit trust land tax: can a fixed trust keep the threshold?
Company vs individual: which pays more land tax?
SMSF land tax: how a super fund is taxed in each state
Splitting and joint ownership
Does putting your partner on the title cut land tax?
Land tax secondary deduction: reading a joint assessment
Land tax grouping: when separate entities count as one
Exemptions
Principal place of residence exemption: how people lose it
Primary production exemption: when farmland is land tax free
Land tax exemptions in Australia: what is tax free?
Property Settlement Calculator What your share of the property is actually worth, before anybody signs
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How the split works
How Is Property Settlement Calculated in Australia?
The Four Step Process in Property Settlement, Explained
What Goes in the Asset Pool When You Divorce?
Contributions in a Property Settlement: What Counts?
Future Needs in Property Settlement: Section 75(2) Explained
What Does "Just and Equitable" Mean in a Property Split?
What moves the number
Money You Brought In: Initial Contributions Explained
Can Your Ex Claim Your Inheritance in a Divorce?
How Super Splitting Works in an Australian Divorce
Who Gets the House in a Divorce or Separation?
Family Violence and Property Settlement: What Changed
Wastage and Add-Backs: When Money Was Gambled or Hidden
Married, de facto and deadlines
De Facto Property Settlement: How It Works in Australia
Property Settlement Time Limits: How Long Do You Have?
Separated Under One Roof in Australia: Proving the Date
Divorce vs Property Settlement: What's the Difference?
Getting it done
Consent Orders in Australia: How to Make Your Split Final
Binding Financial Agreements in Australia: Cost and Risks
Property Settlement Mediation in Australia: What to Expect
How Much Does a Property Settlement Cost in Australia?
Priority Property Pool Cases: The Fast Track for Small Pools
Redundancy Payout What you are owed, what is taxed, and what you keep
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What you are owed
How Much Redundancy Pay Will I Get in Australia?
Is My Redundancy Genuine? The Four Tests That Decide Your Tax
Redundancy Notice Period in Australia: How Many Weeks You Get
Small Business Redundancy Pay: What Is Owed and What Is Not
Can Your Award Pay More Redundancy Than the Minimum?
Why Redundancy Pay Drops at Ten Years of Service
How it is taxed
How Much of Your Redundancy Payout Is Tax Free?
The ETP Cap and Whole-of-Income Cap, Explained Simply
How Is Redundancy Taxed in Australia? Every Part Explained
How Unused Annual Leave Is Taxed When You Are Made Redundant
How Long Service Leave Is Taxed When You Leave a Job
How a Golden Handshake Is Taxed in Australia
Was Too Much Tax Taken From My Redundancy Payout?
Redundancy Paid Before or After 30 June: Which Is Better?
Can a Redundancy Payout Trigger the Medicare Levy Surcharge?
How Early Retirement Scheme Payments Are Taxed
Division 7A Calculator Company loans, minimum repayments and the deemed dividend, priced
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What is Division 7A? A plain English guide
Director loan accounts: what counts and what it costs
Division 7A deadlines: lodgment day, 30 June and 1 July
How to use a Division 7A loan calculator
9 common Division 7A mistakes and what they cost
The repayment
Division 7A minimum yearly repayment: how it is worked out
Division 7A benchmark interest rate: this year's rate and history
Division 7A loan agreement: the 3 rules it must meet
7 or 25 year Division 7A loan: which term costs less?
Missed a Division 7A repayment? What happens next
What it costs
What a Division 7A deemed dividend really costs
Distributable surplus: the cap on a deemed dividend
Franked dividend or Division 7A loan: which costs less?
Salary, dividend or loan: taking money out of your company
Division 7A penalties and interest: what the ATO adds
Family Provision What a claim against the will could cost the estate
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Contesting a will
Family provision claims in Australia: how contesting a will works
Who can contest a will in Australia? Eligible people in every state
What does a court look at in a family provision claim? Every factor
How much is a family provision claim worth? Building a realistic range
Time limits to contest a will in Australia: the deadline in every state
State by state
Contesting a will in NSW: the 12 month deadline and assets outside the will
Contesting a will in Victoria: Part IV claims and the 6 month deadline
Contesting a will in Queensland: the 6 and 9 month deadlines
Contesting a will in WA and SA: who can claim, deadlines and costs
Contesting a will in Tasmania, the NT and the ACT: deadlines and who can claim
What a claim can reach
Notional estate in NSW: how a court reaches assets outside the will
Superannuation and will claims: when a death benefit can be pulled back in
Jointly owned property and will claims: when joint ownership is not a shield
What counts as the estate when someone contests a will?
Costs and how it ends
Who pays the legal costs when a will is contested?
How much does it cost to contest a will in Australia?
Mediation in will disputes: why most contested wills settle
Deed of family arrangement: settling a will dispute without going to court
Protecting an estate
Leaving a child out of your will: what it could cost the estate
A statement of reasons with your will: what it can and cannot do
Estrangement and will claims: does a long silence stop a claim?
Can someone give up the right to contest a will? Court-approved releases
A life interest in a will: how it works and who it suits
TPD Claim Value What a disability claim through super is actually worth
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What your claim is worth
How much is my TPD claim worth after tax?
How much tax do you pay on a TPD payout in Australia?
What is the future service uplift on a TPD payout?
Tax free vs taxable component: how your super payout is split
TPD claim after 60: why the tax on your payout disappears
Your super accounts
Can you claim TPD on more than one super account?
Consolidating super before a TPD claim can cancel your cover
Why was my TPD cover cancelled on an inactive super account?
How to find lost super and its cover before you claim TPD
Default TPD cover in super: do you have it?
The policy definition
Any occupation vs own occupation TPD: what is the difference?
Activities of daily living TPD test: why it is so hard to pass
Terminal illness benefit or TPD: which one applies to you?
TPD vs income protection: what is the difference?
Resident or Not The Australian tax residency question, answered and priced
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The four tests
Australian Tax Residency Test: Am I a Resident for Tax?
The Resides Test: Do You Still Live in Australia?
The Domicile Test: What Is a Permanent Place of Abode?
The 183 Day Rule: Does It Make You a Tax Resident?
The Commonwealth Super Test: Resident Wherever You Live
TR 2023/1 Explained: The ATO Ruling on Tax Residency
Leaving Australia
Leaving Australia: When Do You Stop Being a Tax Resident?
CGT Event I1: The Tax You Pay for Leaving Australia
The Section 104-165 Choice: Pay the Exit Tax Now or Later?
Selling Your Home as a Foreign Resident: No CGT Exemption
Selling Australian Property as a Non-Resident: The Tax
HELP Debt Overseas: Do You Still Have to Repay It?
Coming to Australia
Becoming an Australian Tax Resident: When Does It Start?
Temporary Resident Tax Rules: Is Your Foreign Income Exempt?
Working Holiday Maker Tax Rates: The 15% Backpacker Tax
Part-Year Tax-Free Threshold: How Much Do You Get?
Catch-Up Super Five years of unused super cap, priced in the year you actually need it
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Carry-forward concessional contributions: how unused super cap works
Concessional contributions cap 2026-27: what counts and what is left
Unused concessional cap: how to find it and use it
The $500,000 total super balance rule for catch-up contributions
When does unused super cap expire? The five year rule
How to check your unused super cap in myGov, step by step
The year you sell
Can a super contribution cut your capital gains tax?
Selling an investment property? How a super contribution can cut the tax
Selling a business: how catch-up super can cut the CGT bill
Selling an inherited property: the CGT bill and how super can cut it
Bonus or redundancy year? How catch-up super can cut the tax
The tax arithmetic
How much tax does a personal super contribution really save?
Which tax bracket does your super contribution come off?
Division 293 tax: what it does to a catch-up super contribution
Why a super contribution will not lower your Medicare levy surcharge
How much does advice on a catch-up super contribution cost?
Rules and mistakes
Notice of intent to claim a super deduction: the form that decides it
The work test at 67 to 74: can you still claim a super deduction?
Excess concessional contributions: what happens if you go over the cap
Carry-forward or non-concessional: which super contribution fits your sale year?
9 catch-up super contribution mistakes that cost you the deduction
Award Back Pay What the award said you should have been paid
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Am I being underpaid? 6 checks to find out
Which award am I on? How to find your modern award
Award classification levels: how to find your pay level
Casual, part-time or full-time: how it changes your pay
What the award requires
Penalty rates explained: what your nights and weekends are worth
The 25% casual loading: what it covers and what it does not
Overtime rates in Australia: time and a half, then double time
Public holiday pay rates: what you should get, worked or not
Award allowances: the extra payments bosses often miss
Salaries and set-off
Does my salary cover penalty rates and overtime?
Annualised salary outer limits: when your salary stops covering you
Set-off clauses: can one payment cover another?
Working out the figure
How far back can you claim unpaid wages? The six year rule
Super on back pay: the part with no time limit
Interest on unpaid wages: how much a court can add
Historical award rates: what you should have been paid in past years
Contractor or Employee What a reclassified contractor actually costs
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The tests
Contractor vs employee test: the 5 tests explained
Does an ABN make someone a contractor?
Personnel Contracting and Jamsek: the 2022 cases explained
Fair Work employee definition: what section 15AA means
Right of delegation: the clause that can decide super
Sham contracting in Australia: penalties and the defence
Super
Do you have to pay super for contractors in Australia?
Super guarantee charge: why late super costs more
Payday Super: the new 7 day rule from 1 July 2026
How far back can the ATO go for unpaid super?
State taxes and cover
Payroll tax on contractors: the rules in every state
Payroll tax contractor exemptions: the 9 ways out
Payroll tax grouping: why your threshold may be smaller
Are contractors covered by workers compensation?
GST Margin Scheme Property development GST, priced every lawful way
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The margin scheme
The GST margin scheme for property, explained simply
Who can use the GST margin scheme?
The margin scheme written agreement: sign it before settlement
Margin scheme: what you paid, or a valuation?
What makes a margin scheme valuation "approved"?
What comes off the GST margin, and what does not
GST on a development
GST on property development in Australia: the full picture
What makes a home "new" for GST?
GST on subdivided land: what lot sellers pay
Substantial renovations and GST: when an old home becomes new
Claiming GST credits on a property development
Settlement
GST at settlement: how much the buyer holds back
Why GST withholding is 7% under the margin scheme
The GST withholding notice you must give the buyer
GST property settlement forms one and two, explained
Renting and adjustments
Renting out new homes before you sell: the GST cost
Division 129 GST adjustments, step by step
The GST five year rule for new homes
Getting it right
Selling property GST-free as a going concern
GST-free farm land: the catch for the next buyer
Asking the ATO for a private ruling on a property sale
Do you have to register for GST as a property developer?
8 costly GST mistakes property developers make
Selling property to an associate: GST on market value, not price
How to use the GST margin scheme calculator
Super Death Benefits Tax Calculator What your children will pay to inherit your super
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Getting it wrong
9 super death benefit mistakes that can cost your family six figures
Has your super nomination expired? Lapsing vs non-lapsing explained
What happens to your super when you die? The process explained
SMSF death benefits tax: same rates, but extra traps in a self-managed fund
How long does a super fund take to pay a death benefit?
Reversionary pensions and the transfer balance cap: what happens after a death
How much does advice on super death benefits tax cost in Australia?
How to use the super death benefits tax calculator, step by step
The tax
Super death benefits tax in Australia: what your family will actually pay
Super death benefit tax rates: 15%, 17%, 30% and 32% explained simply
Taxable and tax free components of super: what they are and how to find yours
Who counts as a death benefits dependant for super tax?
Do adult children pay tax on inherited super? Yes. Here is how much
The untaxed element: why life insurance in super can be taxed at {{fig.UntaxedRate}}
Medicare levy on super death benefits: the extra {{fig.MedicareLevy}} and how it can be avoided
What can be done
Super re-contribution strategy: how it cuts the tax your kids will pay
Bring-forward rule: put {{fig.BringForwardCap}} into super in one year
The proportioning rule: why you can't take out only the taxable part of your super
Death benefit nomination: to your estate or straight to your children?
Withdrawing super before death: when it saves tax and when it costs more
Condition of release at 60: when you can finally fix the tax
Death benefit pension or lump sum: which one is taxed less?
Life insurance inside or outside super: which costs your family less tax?
Payroll Tax Grouping One group, eight states, one shared threshold
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Grouping
Payroll Tax Grouping Explained: How Two Businesses Become One Employer
Common Control and Payroll Tax: When Shared Owners Group Your Businesses
Shared Staff and Payroll Tax Grouping: Why One Bookkeeper Is Enough
Payroll Tax Tracing of Interests: How Trusts and Companies Create a Group
Payroll Tax Exclusion Orders: How a Business Gets Out of a Group
Designated Group Employer: Who Claims the Payroll Tax Threshold
Thresholds and rates
Payroll Tax Threshold Apportionment: Why Interstate Wages Shrink Your Threshold
Payroll Tax Rates and Thresholds 2026-27: All 8 States and Territories
Interstate Wages and Payroll Tax: Which State Taxes Which Employee
Payroll Tax Surcharges and Levies: Victoria's Two and Queensland's One
Regional Payroll Tax Rates in Victoria and Queensland: Who Qualifies
Penalties and disclosure
Payroll Tax Penalties and Interest: What a Shortfall Really Costs
Payroll Tax Voluntary Disclosure: What It Involves and What It Saves
Payroll Tax Audits and Objections: What Happens, Step by Step
Main Residence CGT Your old home, and how much of the gain is actually taxed
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The exemption
Main residence exemption explained: how it works in Australia
CGT on a former home: the whole calculation, step by step
Partial main residence exemption: how the days are counted
How much capital gains tax will I pay on my property?
8 main residence exemption mistakes that cost real money
The six-year rule
The 6-year rule for CGT: how it really works
Moving out and renting your home: what happens to your CGT
Leaving your old home empty: CGT with no six-year limit
Moving back in before selling: does it cut your CGT?
Owning two homes: which one gets the main residence exemption?
The market value reset
The market value rule (section 118-192): when it helps and hurts
Property valuation for CGT: which day, and who can do it
Selling a rental that used to be your home: the CGT rules
The cost base
What goes in the cost base of a property for CGT?
The third element of the cost base: rates, interest and insurance
Capital improvement or repair: which one cuts your CGT?
CGT records for a former home: what to keep and find