Last updated
June 2011
People promoting
investment seminars often say that the costs incurred in attending their
seminars are tax deductible. This is not correct in all instances.
The ATO undertook
an audit program specifically looking at people who claimed investment
seminar expenses. The results showed that adjustments were necessary
in most of the cases reviewed. The most common error is failing to apportion
between the time spent on topics related to current income-producing
activities (tax deductible) and the time spent on topics related to
future income-producing activities (not tax deductible).
You should
take particular care when making these claims and have all relevant
documentation available for examination if required.
Please contact
us if you have incurred these kinds of expenses so we can ensure that
you don't incur the wrath of the taxman.
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