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Rental Properties-what you need to know! If you invest in a rental property or rent out your current property, you’ll need to keep records right from the start, work out what expenses you can claim as deductions, and declare all your rental-related income in your tax return. Understand what your obligations are with this information…

Its a New Year & the perfect time to get your finances into shape.  This range of tools from Money Smart can help you do just that.  There’s no time to start like the present. 

The Institute of Public Accountants has issued a call to the government to prioritise tax reform in its submission for the 2018-19 federal budget.

The Tech to Help Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions You don’t order food, look for a job or even check out local real estate without using technology, so why embark on a life-changing New Year’s resolution without a little digital backup to help you along the way? According to U.S. News and World Report, 80…

For the past 16 years, Commsec have produced “The Big Issues” report – which has sought to highlight the issues that are expected to influence the economy over the forthcoming 12 months.          Now this is no crystal ball gazing exercise. The aim is not just to forecast where certain economic variables are likely to…

It’s often been mentioned that $1 million or more in superannuation savings is needed to live a comfortable retirement. This is a daunting figure for most of us and, unsurprisingly, has many Australians concerned about the kind of retirement lifestyle they have to look forward to.  Read on to find out more.

Retirement Investing-where do I start? Many Australians don’t have to think twice about saving for retirement because their employer regularly contributes on their behalf. These savings then have decades to grow and years to ride out the ups and downs of the share market. But what happens once you retire? Is there a one-size-fits all,…

The Winners and Losers of the Federal Budget  The Winners are – Home owners (existing and first home) – NDIS (with taxpayer hikes from 1/7/19 they get more funds) – Older people (health care cards for those that recently got knocked off the register) – Patients (out of pocket expenses are to be lowered?) –…

What a mad few months we have had, with crazy weather, all the Adelaide festivals and the very sad global events. I cannot see 2017 being a smooth, easy going year! With all these changes, Greven & Co are also changing, especially our relocation. I am in the process of looking for new premises to…

The government has finally legislated the reforms from the May 2016 budget (nothing like being efficient).  We have a summary of those changes. We also found some interesting facts about the states performances as we are constantly bagged in the media about being the BROKE state, and it seems for once the media is right! …