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ATO warns doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants about income splitting
The Tax Office has warned partners in law, accounting, engineering and medical firms who reduce their tax bills by income splitting with...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 26, 20184 min read


Quebec doctors reject pay rise, want money devoted to nurses
In what may at first seem a strange call, hundreds of doctors and medical students in Quebec have rejected a pay rise. Nearly 800 medical...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 26, 20182 min read


US travel restrictions entangle Iraqi-born Australian surgeon Munjed Al Muderis
Although Munjed Al Muderis has travelled to the United States more than 20 times during his career, the renowned surgeon has faced...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 21, 20183 min read


Talking to a doctor a two-way conversation
Whitecoat, Australia's largest healthcare consumer platform, which allows patients to rate physiotherapists, dentists and other allied...

Guy Rasmussen
Mar 4, 20183 min read


'I might be quadriplegic, but I'm your doctor'
When medical student Dinesh Palipana suffered a severe spinal injury in a car crash, he was told his dream of becoming a doctor was over....

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 26, 20184 min read


Opportunity Cost
We will start this blog with a question. When you spend money, how often do you ask yourself what you won’t be buying as a result of your...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 22, 20183 min read


How Doctors Deal With Racist Patients
Hospitals are reshaping their policies to protect their employees’ rights while giving all patients the treatment they need Darien...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 22, 20184 min read


Trainee doctors left 'crying', 'distressed' after computer glitch crashes online exa
Hundreds of trainee doctors around the country have been left distressed and confused after a complex online exam they were sitting was...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 22, 20183 min read


Not all debts are the same. Even if the interest rate is
Not all debt is the same. Even if the interest rate is. One of the main differentiators between debt is whether or not you can claim a...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 20, 20183 min read


Dr Bawa-Garba: Who's to blame when a medical tragedy occurs?
In 2011, Jack Adcock — a six-year-old boy with Down's syndrome, a congenital heart disease and heart failure — was admitted to Leicester...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 20, 20185 min read


What makes debt deductible?
Financial planners divide debt into two types: deductible debt and non-deductible debt. Deductible debt lets the borrower claim a tax...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 19, 20182 min read


Dentists are fed up with doing tooth extractions on toddlers, and sugar is to blame
One in three children aged between five and six years old have dental decay. Play the audio version Australian dentists are becoming...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 15, 20183 min read


'Why have a course where there's no outcome?' James Cook University under fire for healt
Will Alexander hopes to make physician assistants more accepted in Australia. With graduates facing dire employment prospects, James Cook...

Guy Rasmussen
Feb 15, 20183 min read


Season’s greetings from the world’s most stable economy
2017 is drawing to a close and we wish you all the very best good fortune of the season. Thank you for being part of our journey in 2017....

Guy Rasmussen
Dec 12, 20174 min read


Teaching how kids how to save money
This week we continue our theme of inter-generational financial planning. We turn our attention to the very young members of your family....

Guy Rasmussen
Oct 23, 20176 min read


Marriage and your will
Marriage automatically revokes a will, unless the will specifically contemplates the marriage and names the intended spouse. So, if you...

Guy Rasmussen
Sep 18, 20172 min read


Superannuation and Estate Planning
Superannuation is an area that is often forgotten or misunderstood in the estate planning process. A super fund member cannot just sign a...

Guy Rasmussen
Sep 4, 20173 min read


You and your business: time is your scarcest resource
Being self-employed requires an entirely different ‘mindset’ to being an employee. In our own experience, and in our observations of...

Guy Rasmussen
Aug 21, 20173 min read


There’s no need to salary sacrifice any more…
Superannuation really is super. Super lets you pay less tax and boost your retirement savings, all in one go. We really like it and we...

Guy Rasmussen
Jul 24, 20175 min read


Hitting your Superannuation Sweetspot
2017 has meant a major change that affects recipients of benefits such as the aged pension. When a person receives the aged pension,...

Guy Rasmussen
Jul 10, 20174 min read
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