When to get a business partner

Starting and running a business can be a lot more fun when you’re working with someone you like and respect. With a partner, you have someone to share the excitement and risks of running a company; someone to bounce ideas off of; to help shoulder the financial and work-load burden. But partnerships have perils. Over…

How negative gearing works

Negative gearing is a popular tax strategy that gives investment property owners the ability to offset the cost of owning a property against their assessable income. Negative gearing involves generating short to medium term tax losses, which arise from tax-deductible costs that are higher than investment income, and leveraging this to increase exposure to potential…