[csaa-forum] Kind off topic: Accountants

[Marion McCutcheon]

Heavens - my first post to this list, and it's about taxation...

I have a friend who helped me out with exactly this set of curly questions
when I started my PhD.  Yes, it initially seems insurmountable, but I did
end up sufficiently well informed to prepare my own tax return.  

My friend does not work as a consultant, but may be happy to give you some
advice.  Feel free to email me off list if you would like me to contact him
for you (marmcc at bigpond dot com).

Alternatively, if your question is simple, I may be able to direct you to
the relevant ATO information myself.

Now, just to make sure that I'm making the most of this list, perhaps I
should launch into a discussion of Australian content as a demand driver for
subscription television!

Marion McCutcheon

 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:csaa-forum-admin at lists.cdu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Glen Fuller
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 10:20 PM
> To: csaa-forum at darlin.cdu.edu.au
> Subject: [csaa-forum] Kind off topic: Accountants
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am after some information that doesn't directly relate to 
> the purpose 
> of the list but in this era of the commercialisation of research I 
> thought it would be a good place to start.
> 
> Does anyone know of an accountant they can recommend that has some 
> experience in dealing with research students, tax free scholarships, 
> and sole trader businesses (ie you have your own ABN)? I went 
> and saw a 
> regular 30-day tax person and he had no idea. Rather than him 
> charge me 
> for the time it takes him to figure out what the 
> requirements/procedures are I thought someone on here might 
> be able to 
> recommend someone else. Has anyone else been 
> dumbfounded/apathetic when 
> facing the rigmorale of tax as a postgrad in this day and age?
> 
> Cheers,
> Glen.
> 
>   
> -- 
> PhD Candidate, Centre for Cultural Research
> University of Western Sydney
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