I’ve banked the tax refund. After paying the rates and water bill there wasn’t much left. Tweet Pin It
ATO email scam
Another scam email that landed in my inbox claimed to be from the Australian Taxation Office. Purporting to be from the email address refund@ato.com.au it said I was entitled to a $250 refund on my Visa or Mastercard. I knew it was fraudulent immediately, of course. The ATO doesn’t have my Yahoo! address, doesn’t communicate [...]
Turnbull’s ‘courageous’ politics
Every time a politician does something stupid I’m reminded of the Yes Minister episode in which Sir Humphrey advises Jim Hacker the proposed course of action would be courageous. Translated from bureaucratic language that means political death. It’s very hard to fathom why Malcolm Turnbull wants to delay millions of Australians receiving a timely handout [...]
Pay an Outback bonus
The Prime Minister John Howard came and went last week. I was honoured to briefly meet him, but felt somewhat deflated by the whole experience. Howard neither said nor did anything interesting. I didn’t expect him to triple somersault off a trampoline, but I did think he would make a significant announcement. That was not [...]
Praise for the taxman
It’s not often the Tax Office receives any praise, so I’d like to make this offering: I have a company called Alpine News, which I established four years ago after struggling with tax liabilities under a sole-trader structure. Alpine News took over my public relations business, Gorey Media. I also published a newspaper under the [...]
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