Tuesday is the saddest day of the week. Or that’s what social media studies suggest, anyway. As more and more people subscribe to the grind of the rat race, they forget about how they are treating themselves and what makes them happy. Everybody wants to be happy, but...
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Whilst I may not be a celebrity, and whilst I may not have any risqué photos worth stealing, I do have numerous online accounts that contain both personal and confidential information. How can I better protect myself from having any of this stolen online? 1: Bigger is...
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has urged those taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests ahead of a global crackdown on people using international tax havens. In March this year, the Commissioner of Taxation announced the ‘Project DO IT’...
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Earlier in the year, the Industry Security Initiative announced that Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) would replace signatures as the main form of Credit Card payment authorisation in Australia from 1 August 2014. With the changes only around the corner, are you...
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I have two full boxes of business cards and I can’t recall when I last gave my card out. My card has no way near the practical use of the business card in the picture. Nowadays, when I connect with people in the real (non-virtual world), I ask them as a matter...
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of chairing Michael Croker’s, Australian Tax Leader Chartered Accountants (CA) Australia and New Zealand, tax policy update. Although I don’t do tax anymore (leave that one to the experts), I’m interested so...
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