Australian property is usually discussed in dollars. A Sydney house costs this much. A Brisbane house rose by that much. A Perth unit increased by this percentage. The numbers change, but the frame is usually the same: property prices are measured in Australian dollars, so that is how we understand whether homes are becoming more … Read more
For many Australians, tax time has become more than a yearly admin task. It’s the moment the numbers become stark and visible. You see what you earned. You see what you paid. You look at your rent, mortgage, grocery bill, insurance, fuel, power, school costs, business expenses, super, savings, and investments. Then you ask the … Read more
It may say “peer-to-peer electronic cash” in the opening line of the Bitcoin whitepaper, and even feel like money when you use it, but under Australian tax law Bitcoin is treated as property. That classification is what determines how it’s taxed. Understanding this early will makes life much easier down the track.
If you’ve spent any time around Bitcoin, you’ve heard the phrase:“Time in the market beats timing the market.” It sounds simple – even boring – but behind it lies a hard mathematical truth about how Bitcoin actually moves, and how humans actually behave. Let’s make it concrete. Imagine two people, both starting in January 2016 … Read more