Blog Archive

Tax

MBA and postgraduate study costs can be tax-deductible, but only when strict ATO criteria are met. This article explains how deductibility works, what evidence you need, and when self-education claims are allowed.

Strategic Financial Advice

Understand the essential steps in aged care financial planning so you can make informed decisions and maximise available entitlements.

Small Business

A clear guide to payroll governance for Australian employers, covering PAYG, STP, FBT, super, system controls, PRN configuration, reconciliations, risk management and a ready checklist.

Tax

A recent tribunal decision confirms that most medical treatments are private expenses and not deductible, even for disability pension recipients. Learn the nexus test, common pitfalls, and planning tips before you claim.

Strategic Financial Advice

A plain-English summary of SMSF trustee obligations: governing rules, sole purpose test, investment strategy, record-keeping, reporting and audits.

Strategic Financial Advice

An overview of business valuation methods, what influences price, the evidence buyers expect, and how to prepare for a sale or succession.

Strategic Financial Advice

A guide to your superannuation options at retirement, including account-based pensions, lump sums and keeping funds invested, plus planning tips.

Strategic Financial Advice

A step-by-step overview for investing an inheritance from $10k to $100k across life stages, covering goals, buffers, risk and diversified options.

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A practical guide to protecting your money with better passwords, MFA, device security and scam red flags, plus what to do if you are targeted.

Strategic Financial Advice

Australia’s housing market is nearing $12 trillion as national price momentum lifts. We cover drivers, regional differences and what to watch ahead.

Strategic Financial Advice

Summary of higher deeming incomes and updated Age Pension asset test limits from 20 September, how payments are affected, and practical next steps.

Strategic Financial Advice

A concise wrap of global and Australian conditions in November 2025, including growth, inflation, central bank signals, currencies and equity market moves.

Why you landed here

Phillip Anthony Partners joins Paris Financial East Melbourne

We are pleased to share that the team at Phillip Anthony Partners have merged with Paris Financial. Our team at Paris Financial can provide you with a large range of quality financial services with over 65 people located across two convenient locations in Blackburn and East Melbourne.

Paris Financial shares the same philosophy as Phillip Anthony Partners of providing a value focused and high quality service for each of our clients. We look forward to assisting with your accounting needs.