Achieve eSignature Lawfulness for Stock Certificate in Australia

How to eSign a document: eSignature lawfulness for Stock Certificate in Australia

it's almost the 30th of June halfway through 2024 and that means it's time to optimize your tax return so in this video we're going to be breaking down seven tips to help you create more wealth and optimize your tax return rather than just claiming the maximum deductions now we're coming up to the 30th of June the big end of financial year sales have started and their key trick is to try and get you to spend more money than you need to so the first tip is only spend money on what you actually need not just what you want just because you can get a tax deduction doesn't mean you should go out there and spend your money it takes a lot of time for people to save and build their wealth and create savings so if these companies can entice you and spend more money than you need to that's money that could be going into future Investments to give you cash flow down the track now if you do need a business phone or a laptop or some stationary by all means go out there and use these sales to your advantage but don't go out and spend more money than you need to the second key tip is around cars and their ride offs Aussies love their cars we love our UTS our big trucks our vans people love spending money on cars and the maximum car ride off in the 2023 2024 Financial year is $6 68,800 Mark you won't be able to claim a rer for that vehicle over that value now a lot of these car companies are going to have big end of financial year sales it's time to get a great deal come down to the dealership we'll give you a 2% Finance don't you worry buddy you'll be looked after this weekend when you come down to Motorama cool guys when you walk into those dealerships on the weekend and you sign up for a new vehicle that car is depreciating in value now yes you can claim the depreciation on a car whether you're a business owner or you're an employee using the car for work purposes but it is depreciating the car is devaluing over time and what this means is you've put down 60 70 $80,000 on this car the right off is 68k in this financial Year and that means you can only depreciate up to 68k over say a 5year period the car is there for devaluing which means the resale of the car in 1 2 3 5 years time will be a lot less than what you paid for it initially now in my opinion cars are one of those things keeping most Australians poor people update their cars every 1 to 3 years they buy new cars they depreciate heavily they devalue and it erods their use of funds also the debt attached to the cars can be crippling it can stop you from borrowing and buying an investment property for example and it really hurts your borrowing capacity so just beware of getting caught in a car debt trap now to get the optimal outcome for car use it's going to depend on the way you're employed for business owners buying a car under the limit of $68,000 and claiming that over a 5year period is going to be optimal you can then look to hold that car for say another 5 years and get more useful life out of that asset for employees generally make sure you're doing a log book and claiming all the work rated expenses for your vehicle if you can try and buy a car between say1 to $60,000 as well this is generally going to be The Sweet Spot in terms of the price point to get the biggest value in terms of the quality of car and to make sure it's reliable and useful and claim all the work rated expenses as well speaking of claiming expenses make sure you also claim your work from home expenses if you have a dedicated workspace you need to buy equipment like phones or laptops or cameras in my casee you can claim all of those items if it's related to your work make sure you keep those receipts take photos of them and send them to your email it's a great way to track receipts and jot them all down in a spreadsheet there is an option to do the fixed rate method which allows you to time 67 Cents by the hours you worked during the financial Year from home but in most circumstances taking your actual costs is likely to give you a greater deduction and help you maximize your tax return just be wary that the ATO is cracking down on work-related expenses at home so make sure you can justify these tip number four is around super annuation now if you've seen any of my videos before and I am a charted accountant you might be surprised to find out that I'm not the biggest fan of super annuation the reason is I can't touch those funds yes there are schemes like the first home super saber scheme which allows people to salary sacrifice draw that money out in a more tax effective environment and use those funds for a deposit on their own home but for most other people if you're not buying a first home and you're putting additional money into your super you're not going to be able to access those funds until the rip old age of 65 now I'm coming up on 30 would you believe I'm turning 30 this year and it's going to be a big year for me in terms of my birthday but what this means is I'm about 35 years away from touching my super I want to be able to use my money before then so I want to enjoy travel time my family spending money on my health and fitness there's a bunch of other areas I want to use my funds for rather than locking it away for the next 35 years now it's great that the government incentivizes people and it's great that we have super I'm just not the biggest fan of it for my current wealth creation Journey if I was 50 or 55 I might feel very different about this or if I was earning over $180,000 in my tax returns it might make sense for me to salary sacrifice further and maximize my concessional contributions into my super fund each year so for those higher income earners or people close to their retirement you should be maxing out your contribution caps getting closer to the $275,000 cap that we have for 2023 24 but if you're a bit younger say you're earning somewhere between 50 to $150,000 if you do the maths and you know that you can't touch that money for the next 20 30 40 years then it's less likely for you to want to do additional contributions to top up what your employer is already putting in your super fund now I'm not against super by any means I just don't think it's optimal for younger people to do additional contributions if they're not going to be able to access those funds for a long time and they could invest in their own personal wealth creation journey by investing in shares or in property depending on their risk profile and have access to those funds at a lot earlier stage tip number five is claiming depreciation on your property if you're a property investor you can employ a quantity surveyor to go out to your properties and do a appreciation schedule they'll review the fixtures and fittings and they'll even ask for when you've done some recent Renovations on that property to get a complete view of what the condition of the home is and then provide a detailed schedule which you can then hand to your accountant this is going to help you maximize your tax deductions it's going to allow you to claim depreciation against your rental income including all of your other rental expenses and help you make the most of negative gearing if you're in that current situation which most people will be given the current interest rate environment that we're in now speaking of depreciation for investors you also need to be wary of capital gains tax and how this can affect your tax return in each Financial year what happens when you sell an asset is it then flows through to your marginal tax rates in your personal tax return Emily and I have just gone through this we recently sold one of our investment properties on the north side of Brisbane located in a suburb called Everton park now in a future video I'll break down a detailed capital gains tax calculation on that property so you can see the specific numbers but at a high level when you sell a property you're going to take the sale proceeds less your original cost spas and you're going to need to factor in other costs and depreciation in your capital gains tax calculations like we spoke about before if you claim depreciation on your own home this is actually going to reduce your cost base meaning you'll pay more capital gains tax when you sell your investment property and this is something investors fail to factor in to their calculations for Emily and I in terms of optimizing our tax returns when we're selling a cgc asset we want to also look at our personal income because when your capital gains tax is added in even if you get a 50% discount because you've held the asset for more than 12 months it still needs to be added into your personal tax return which means you could be paying much higher tax rates so what Emily and I are looking to do in our tax return in 202 form is to reduce some of the dividends we received from our company because we have a capital gains tax event in the same Financial year key tip number seven is claiming a large amount of deductions and not showing enough income in your tax returns can actually result in you losing serviceability and not being able to buy the home you want or buy the investment properties that you're looking to acquire when you go through the tax process and you sit down with your accountant and you look at the numbers the tax that you claim can impact what the banks see when they look at your financials year on year most banks are going to look at two years of financials and if you have one really strong year and a really weak year this can actually really impact your service ability even if you say to the bank look I've claimed a load of expenses or we spent a lot of capital in our business and that's why our tax returns are really low the bank going to take what you're telling the ATL is Gospel typically when they're looking at your serviceability calculators if you're a business owner now it's a little bit different as a py employee as it's more going to depend on your salary your total income and your living expenses when it comes to your service ability but the concept is the same goes back to our first point which is don't spend more money than you need to before the 30th of June just because you can get a tax write off it needs to be a smart business decision whether you're a business owner and you're wanting to claim those expenses but you've got to be aware of your service ability or you're a py employee and you're looking at your living costs and your work claim expenses but you wanted to save as much money as possible to build up your deposits and show the bank that you have Serv ability to acquire more assets for me it's not about maximizing the tax deductions in my returns it's about playing the long game and looking at the wealth creation strategy overall which is why I think you should optimize your tax return in 2024 now if you're looking to buy a property here in southeast Queensland whether it's your own home or an investment property make sure you head over to purpose property.com to book in a free chat with myself we're going to sit down we're going to talk about your situation talk about how we can optimize your wealth creation journey and look to grow towards the future and leave some time at the end for some questions so head over to purpose.com book in that session before you go if you want to see a recent tax template video click this video over here