<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.otgcapital.com.au/blogs/mortgages/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>OTG Capital - Blog , mortgages</title><description>OTG Capital - Blog , mortgages</description><link>https://www.otgcapital.com.au/blogs/mortgages</link><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:24:24 +1000</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Work from Home Tax Concessions - Dollars & Making Sense 28 Mar 2023]]></title><link>https://www.otgcapital.com.au/blogs/post/work-from-home-tax-concessions-dollars-making-sense-28-mar-2023</link><description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" src="https://www.otgcapital.com.au/CRN WFM Tax IFPA 28Mar23.jpg"/>We've moved through the pandemic, and last year, the ATO provide a simple way to calculate our tax deductions for our work from home costs. We talk with Neville Birthisel at IFPA (www.ifpa.com.au) as to what the ATO is expecting this year from all of us that work from home]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_XskiLeNfQyOwFsIAXaB2Xg" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_0ymIo-4RR12c3usF1BjHeQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_OxuTDRy6R5mf4ifi0wvEAA" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_OxuTDRy6R5mf4ifi0wvEAA"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_NvqmnDAuV_faldDSa3Z-ew" data-element-type="imagetext" class="zpelement zpelem-imagetext "><style> @media (min-width: 992px) { [data-element-id="elm_NvqmnDAuV_faldDSa3Z-ew"] .zpimagetext-container figure img { width: 432.16px !important ; height: 243px !important ; } } @media (max-width: 991px) and (min-width: 768px) { [data-element-id="elm_NvqmnDAuV_faldDSa3Z-ew"] .zpimagetext-container figure img { width:432.16px ; height:243px ; } } @media (max-width: 767px) { [data-element-id="elm_NvqmnDAuV_faldDSa3Z-ew"] .zpimagetext-container figure img { width:432.16px ; height:243px ; } } [data-element-id="elm_NvqmnDAuV_faldDSa3Z-ew"].zpelem-imagetext{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-size-tablet="size-original" data-size-mobile="size-original" data-align="left" data-tablet-image-separate="false" data-mobile-image-separate="false" class="zpimagetext-container zpimage-with-text-container zpimage-align-left zpimage-size-custom zpimage-tablet-fallback-custom zpimage-mobile-fallback-custom "><figure role="none" class="zpimage-data-ref"><span class="zpimage-anchor"><picture><img class="zpimage zpimage-style-none zpimage-space-none " src="/CRN%20WFM%20Tax%20IFPA%2028Mar23.jpg" width="432.16" height="243" loading="lazy" size="custom" alt="With 23% of all mortgages in the market today being fixed (yes that's correct!), we are facing interesting times when coming to refinance after many years of record low interest rates.  We discuss this dilemma with Todd O'Neill from Xenium Partners what's going on and what to do about it." data-lightbox="false"/></picture></span></figure><div class="zpimage-text zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true"><div style="color:inherit;"><p style="margin-bottom:12px;"><span style="color:inherit;">We've moved through the pandemic, and last year, the ATO provide a simple way to calculate our tax deductions for our work from home costs. Same again, right? Think again... We talk with Neville Birthisel at the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (www.ifpa.com.au) as to what the ATO is expecting this year from all of us that work from home (and that's a darn lot of people, people!).</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12px;"><span style="color:inherit;">Dollars &amp; Making Sense, a weekly show about money, finance &amp; investing, with your host Ray Trevisan from OTG Capital and special guests. Broadcast weekly on community Radio Northern Beaches (www.rng.org.au), and nationally throughout Australia on the Community Radio Network (www.cbaa.org.au). Check out our blog and details at www.otgcapital.com.au.</span><br></p></div><p>@FMRNB<br></p><p>@Radio Northern Beaches</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div>
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