Cents per kilometre method
The ‘cents per kilometre’ method broadly allows an individual taxpayer to claim up to a maximum of 5,000 business kilometres per car, per year without the need to keep any written evidence (e.g., receipts) of car expenses. Importantly, taxpayers making a ‘cents per kilometre’ claim are required to demonstrate that [...]
Finance and loans tips
How can a business loan help my cashflow? Business loans can be used for any business purchase, commercial property, and refinancing of existing business loans. They can also be beneficial to free up cash-flow when used for day-to-day running expenses; buying equipment, inventory, insurance premiums, solar installation, unexpected expenses, renovations [...]
Is your SMSF adequately diversified?
SMSF trustees need to truly understand diversification and better diversify their portfolios. The benefits of a well-diversified portfolio are numerous but the key ones that SMSF trustees should focus on are the benefits of mitigating volatility and short-term downside investment risks, preserving capital and the long-run benefits of higher overall [...]
Introducing our new Finance & Loans service
Hales Douglass is proud to introduce High Definition Finance to it's suite of high-level finance & business services. High Definition Finance provides a personalised finance & loans service offering business loans, investment and home loans, equipment finance and car loans. Streamlined process & help with paperwork Under the highly experienced and [...]
FAQs – business loans, equipment finance, investment & home loans
FAQs We can analyse your needs and arrange quotes from different lenders, as we do the ‘running around’ for you. Right now all lenders are constantly changing their lending criteria as a result of the Royal Commission. We are advised of all changes prior lending criteria being made public [...]
Ethics and the absence of greed
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services industry Interim Report declared ‘greed’ was the primary motivator for bad behaviour in the banking industry. “Banks and all financial services entities recognised that they sold services and products. Selling became their focus of attention. Too often it [...]