About the author xi How to use this book xiii Introduction xv Part I You and Your Family 1 1 Marriage 2 2 Income splitting 4 3 Dependant (invalid and carer) tax offset 6 4 Children 8 5 Payments for new parents 10 6 Child care 12 7 Low-income earners 15 8 Senior and pensioner tax offset 17 9 Other government benefits 19 10 Family breakdown 22 11 Death 24 12 Family trusts 26 Part II Your Employment 29 13 Car usage 30 14 Methods to claim car travel 33 15 Travel 35 16 Uniform 37 17 Home office 39 18 Other work-related deductions 42 19 Keeping those receipts 44 20 ATO hit lists 46 21 Redundancy 49 22 Working a second job 51 23 Salary sacrifice 53 24 Fringe benefits 55 25 Living-away-from-home allowance 59 Part III Your Education 63 26 Claiming self-education expenses 64 27 The $250 threshold 66 28 Self-development courses 68 29 Student loans 70 30 Austudy and ABSTUDY 78 31 Scholarships 80 32 School building funds 82 33 Education savings plans 84 Part IV Your Investment Property 87 34 Negative gearing 89 35 Interest 91 36 Depreciation 94 37 Low-value pooling 96 38 Repairs and maintenance 98 39 Borrowing expenses 100 40 Legal expenses 102 41 Other rental property deductions 104 42 Foreign investment properties 106 43 Capital gains tax 108 44 PAYG withholding variation 110 45 Property genuinely available for rent 112 Part V Your Shares 115 46 Dividends 116 47 Franking credits 119 48 Dividend reinvestment plans 121 49 Shares owned by low income earners 122 50 Borrowing to buy shares 125 51 Other share deductions 127 52 Capital gains tax on shares 128 53 Realising capital losses 130 54 Inheriting share portfolios 132 55 Share traders versus share investors 134 56 Rights and options 136 57 Employee share schemes 138 58 Share portfolios within self managed superannuation funds 140 59 Cryptocurrency 142 Part VI Your Superannuation 147 60 Contribution limits 150 61 Transfer Balance Cap 153 62 Downsizer Contribution 156 63 Compulsory employer contributions 159 64 Salary sacrifice 161 65 Division 293 tax 164 66 Super co-contribution 166 67 Transferring foreign super 169 68 Self managed superannuation funds 171 69 Buying property within SMSFs 174 70 Gearing through a super fund 176 71 Accessing your super 178 72 Transition to retirement 180 73 Account-based pensions 182 74 Death benefits 184 75 Lost or unclaimed super 185 Part VII Your Business 189 76 Choosing the right business structure 191 77 Tax obligations 195 78 Record keeping 197 79 Deferring tax 200 80 Trading stock 202 81 Bad debts 204 82 Home-based businesses 205 83 Sharing Economy 208 84 Employing people 210 85 Tax concessions and offsets 213 86 Selling or closing down 217 87 Personal services income 219 88 Non-commercial losses 220 89 Franchising 221 Part VIII Miscellaneous 223 90 Overseas income 223 91 Getting a great accountant 226 92 Lodging your tax return 228 93 Amending returns and objecting to assessments 231 94 ATO data matching 233 95 Problems paying your tax 236 96 Medical expenses tax offset 237 97 Levies 240 98 Zone and overseas forces tax offsets 242 99 Tax-effective investments 244 100 Tax planning as a 365-day process 246 101 Just do it! 247 Glossary 251 Bibliography 267 Index 269.