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Borrowing to Purchase Property in your SMSF
October 15th, 2013Property investing through your self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) can be a great way to create wealth for your retirement. By investing in property, you can diversify your super investments. And any income from the investment property, including capital gains, will be taxed at concessional rates, so you should end up saving money in the longread more
Our Business Improvement Division Gets a Refresh
October 15th, 2013McKinley Plowman maintains its focus on working with our clients to improve the performance of their business. Quite simply we love business and people and have a passion to help business owners achieve their objectives and maximise their outcomes. Our objective is to help you run a really good business, make good profits, build valueread more
Fundraising
October 15th, 2013In the last quarter, our team has helped raise money for two charities. Purple Bra Day, where a few staff wore purple bras around the office over their clothing. Jeans for Genes day was another charity we helped out by wearing our jeans to the office for the day. A big thank you to theread more
Food & Fun
October 15th, 2013Fun Facts About Halloween The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrase All Hallows’ Evening. The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognised as human. Black cats were once believed to be witch’s familiars who protected theirread more
Pension Management Firms Warned Over Excessive Charges
October 15th, 2013UK government to act on fears that worker' pensions may become worthless due to hefty fees. Steve Webb, the pension’s minister, is to announce a consultation in what represents a new government policy of intervention in the pensions market. Steve Webb, the pension’s minister, is to announce a consultation over the policy following concerns thatread more
Are you an employee or contractor?
October 15th, 2013The ATO has recently put together some tools and comprehensive information to assist businesses and individuals to work out whether they are an ‘employee’ or ‘contractor’. Links to the tools and information are below. Employee or Contractor If you are unsure about whether you are an employee or contractor, or whether you could be aread more
McKinley Plowman Joins MSI Global Alliance
October 15th, 2013We are pleased and excited to announce that we have been accepted into MSI Global Alliance (MSI), a leading international association of independent accounting and law firms. MSI's unique multidisciplinary and full-service approach to the interrelated fields of accounting and law, allows MSI Global Alliance members to provide clients with collaborative and cooperative access toread more
How to be a Mortgage Master
October 15th, 20131. Pretend rates are higher One of the biggest mistakes mortgage-holders make is pocketing the savings from reduced interest rates. The problem is they’re usually spent, instead of being socked away. Try working on a tighter budget, where you make home loan repayments at the rate of 9% per annum. If, for example, you haveread more
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