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29 June 2026

Loss carry back returns on 1 July 2026: what construction company owners need to know

Construction runs in cycles. A strong couple of years can flip to a hard one quickly: a ma...
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28 June 2026

Meet Carl Scuderi, Client Director at Xact Accounting and Advisory

Carl joined Xact as a Client Director, bringing a Chartered Accounting background and arou...
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26 June 2026

Payday Super Is Live

From 1 July 2026, the way you pay super changed. Employers must now pay employees' superan...
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25 June 2026

Australian Accounting Awards 2026: How Xact Won Twice

Xact Accounting has won both Best Wellness Program/Initiative of the Year and Marketing Pr...
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24 June 2026

The 4.75% wage rise is already live. The question is whether your job costing caught up.

From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026, modern award rates rose by 4.75%.
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24 June 2026

The instant asset write-off, and why this year you can stop watching the calendar

If you have ever scrambled in June to work out whether a purchase would be deductible befo...
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24 June 2026

From Static Budget to Rolling Forecast: A Practical Framework for Builders

Every builder has had the job that felt fine the whole way through. The site ran, the invo...
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27 May 2026

Construction Budgeting: A Practical Guide for Builders and Tradies

Most builders know how to price a job. Far fewer have a budgeting process that actually ke...
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24 May 2026

Noah Hodgson Announced as Client Director at Xact Accounting

Xact Accounting is pleased to announce the promotion of Noah Hodgson to Client Director, r...
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13 May 2026

Federal Budget 2026-27 Discretionary Trust Changes: What Construction Business Owners Need To Know

From 1 July 2028, a minimum 30 per cent tax will apply to income flowing through discretio...
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13 May 2026

Federal Budget 2026-27 Capital Gains Tax Reform: What Construction Business Owners Need To Know

The 50 per cent CGT discount is being replaced from 1 July 2027. If you hold land, an inve...
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13 May 2026

Federal Budget 2026-27 What Construction Business Owners Need To Know

The 2026-27 Federal Budget includes three structural tax reforms that will change how cons...
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