Is ‘management speak’ undermining you?

I have an admission.  I eavesdropped on a conversation. Here is what I heard:“What I am looking for is someone who can make a core value contribution to the company.”Huh? This snippet of half a mobile phone conversation got me thinking.  How many of us...

Did you know?

·     36,270 new Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSF) were established between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.·     As at 30 June 2012, there were 478,263 SMSFs holding $438,995 million in assets.·     The...

Landlords, the ATO and deductions

One in seven taxpayers in Australia are property investors. Each year we claim around $5 billion in rental losses.  So you can understand the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) close scrutiny of the deductions claimed by landlords.  But a recent case before the...