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TAX BREAK FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CAPPED
By Sinnotts Accountants and Fennell West Do you work in the health industry? If so, you need to be preparing for recent Federal legislation that will significantly impact your salary packaging entitlements. Effective from 1 April next year, the Government will impose a $5000 annual cap on the...
IS IT TIME TO FIX YOUR HOME LOAN?
Would you like an extra few hundred dollars in your pocket every month? Often families fall into the trap of thinking the only way they can improve their lifestyle is to earn more, but one much easier solution can be to pay less interest on your mortgage. It’s been reported that nearly half...
A CASE STUDY IN SUPERMARKET SHOPPING
Budget supermarket chain Aldi claims you can cut your grocery bill by up to 50% simply by shopping there instead of one of the big two – Woolworths or Coles. Well that can’t be right, can it? Surely not! One of our Cash Flow Program clients, a couple with 3 children, has been working closely with...
IT PAYS WHEN INVESTORS DON’T PANIC
South-west investors who stayed calm and rode out recent stock market slumps have been repaid with the single best week in more than four years. Last week’s market closed almost six per cent up since Monday, August 24 – a day that some analysts dubbed ‘Black Monday’ and resulted in widespread...
DON’T PANIC, SHARES ARE LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
Investors should brace themselves for another tumultuous day on Australian Stock Exchange, but local financial advisers are urging people to stay calm and not panic. Fennell West director Shane West said the US markets had again been hit hard overnight, meaning another significant drop was...
