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Taxation

Our Top 5 Tax Tips for 2011

June 23, 2011 - 6 Comments
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The end of the financial year is the perfect time to sort out your money. And simplifying it down to a number of clear-cut financial resolutions will ensure you start the new financial year on the right foot.

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The 2011 Budget Fallout

May 13, 2011 - 11 Comments
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With the price of our iron ore and coal at once in three lifetime highs, and employment being at record lows’, you have to wonder why we’re fifty billion bucks in the red…

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Barefoot’s Budget Reaction

May 11, 2010 - 29 Comments
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Scott Pape’s first take from the 2010 Federal Budget, breaking down the facts for young Aussies, middle Australia and the older generation.

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The Henry Tax Review

May 4, 2010 - 19 Comments
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The Barefoot Investor dissects the Henry Tax Review announcement from his hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska in the United States.

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Super for the People!

March 20, 2010 - No Comments
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Max Markson wants to be famous. He’s so eager to promote himself that he’s willing to stick what appear to be cotton buds up his nose and post the picture on the internet.

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How to Make $7000 in 2010!

December 26, 2009 - 2 Comments
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One thing I’ve never been able to understand is how the network news can have a lead story about Tiger Woods’ wayward “drive”, and then in the next moment cross to some donkey with a bank logo behind him giving the finance report.

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Top Ten Ways You Might Be Dropping Dollars

October 31, 2009 - No Comments
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A few weeks ago I agreed to help out a girl I’ll call Claire, a 26-year-old, well-educated, career-driven, seriously sexy economic idiot.

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New Year’s Resolution: Stop Worrying About the Economy

December 27, 2008 - No Comments
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My toughest interview this year was with a young reporter from a teen magazine whose editor assigned her to do a story on the global financial crisis.

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Six Economic Statements That Are Often Misconstrued

November 1, 2008 - No Comments
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Over the past few weeks I’ve been MC at a country wedding and a drinker at my old man’s birthday bash. These occasions have allowed me to discuss the world financial crisis with members of my (well-tanked) economic think-tank.

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