February 25, 2026

Is Your Investment Property Actually a Business Asset? Navigating the Active Asset Test

Many business owners hold real estate through a mix of trading entities and inter-entity leases. However, we often see a common—and costly—disconnection between how a property […]
February 20, 2026

How to Extract Wealth from Your Company (Without the ATO Headaches)

How to get money out of your company… You’ve worked hard to build your business and accumulate profit. But as many Australian business owners discover, getting […]
February 4, 2026

Is Landscaping Tax Deductible?

Ask Rider Accountants About How to Claim a Landscaping Tax Deduction Is land depreciable? For tax purposes, land is considered to have an unlimited effective life […]
November 14, 2025

Holiday Home Tax Deductions – ATO Crackdown!

Holiday Homes and Airbnb Holiday home owners may be denied tax deductions for expenses such as mortgage interest and council rates from July 1 next year […]
March 25, 2025

Can I claim a tax deduction for my family home?

Unlock mortgage relief and tax benefits by transitioning from owner-occupier to landlord So while the Australian property market is once again recalibrating, it’s also time for […]
September 4, 2024

How do the ATO Check your property rental income?

ATO Spying on your Rental Property Clients often ask me how do the ATO cross check the information declared in their investment property tax returns? And […]
July 24, 2024

4 Tax Record Keeping Myths Busted

So we Tax Accountants have a battle with our clients all the time about record keeping. We get told all the time oh well I spent […]
May 23, 2024

Top 10 tax tips to help rental property owners avoid common mistakes

To access or download a copy of this fact sheet in portable document format (PDF), seeTop 10 tips to help rental property owners avoid common tax […]
December 21, 2023

​Can I make a tax deductible Christmas gift to employees or clients?

Can I make a Christmas gift to employees or clients and claim the GST or a tax deduction? Can an employer give gifts to an employee? […]