We classified a client of our’s as a resident for tax purposes when we lodged her return, the tax office wrote a questionnaire back to us- the objective of this questionnaire is to assess the residency status of individuals. We worked with her to provide a full and correct response and to us it was clear [...]
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Super Refund Tips
Be a little organised! Ask you first employer who your super fund is, write this down somewhere (note in wallet, on your phone, tattoo on your arm are all fine). When you start another job give the Super fund name and your member ship number to them, so you only have one fund. We often [...]
ATO error costing Backpackers Thousands
Backpackers out of pocket due to Tax Office mistake This year individual taxpayers experience the significant tax free threshold increase from $6,000 to $18,200. However significant to the taxpayer at the end of this financial year, it may not be obvious to some (certainly not the Tax Office) that the amendment requires a new formula [...]
World Record Fitness Circuit
The Buddies were on Manly Beach to be part of this world record…
Best of Shitbox Video
2012 Shitbox Rally
The 2012 Shitbox rally is over! Melbourne – Wentworth – Tibooburra – Innamincka – Windorah – Winton – Undara – Cairns The Backpackers Buddy car is going off to the great scrap heap in the sky…she did us proud making the 7000 kilometre round trip without a single breakdown [...]
Australian Open Of Surfing at Manly Beach
Manly is the home of Backpackers Buddy, it’s surfside laidback atmosphere has trapped many travellers who intended to only stay a couple of days. Manly was the natural choice for the Australian Open Of Surfing, serving up a couple of weeks of events from Feb 11th – 19th including performances by Sneaky [...]
Tax Returns For People with their own ABN
Usually a sore subject, some companies you work for will ask you get your own Australian Business Number (ABN), they’ll pay you an amount and it’s up to you to sort your own tax out. This is in most cases we see is not the right way for things to be done and is simply [...]
Amended Returns
We get a lot of people who tried doing their own tax return here in Australia and got it wrong…these people often end up getting a very small tax refund or owing money to the tax office. If this sounds familiar get in touch with us as we could well put it right for you [...]
Get the biggest Tax Refund Possible!
Most people are only interested in tax when they realise they can get a tax refund here in Australia! So I thought it might be handy to give some tips on ensuring you get the biggest tax refund possible… The number one thing to remember is that you have to be classified as a resident for [...]
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