Benjamin Smith

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@bowtiedstocks Like a football manager having the “full support of the Board” before being sacked

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@bowtiedstocks Wonder if this government will rue the day they decided to set up a sub-prime loan scheme for first home buyers as this plays out?

O’Neill seemingly going quiet.

Sowing the seeds for a future class action…

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@Nirgal451 🎣

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@BenPhillips_ANU @Sheps71 I thought part of the problem with it not being popular is financial planners believed it was a credit product and outside their license remit to give advice on for retirement planning
Looks like that has changed now
https://t.co/UmpaTElp6y

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@jagjetfly @Nirgal451 If it is 'voluntary' and 'passed on to the employees' it is not subject to GST

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@fictitiousfruit @DefiantLs Does happen (changing decisions) but very rare
https://t.co/xTwcl6ICL3

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@DrCameronMurray Good luck getting objective commentary when Newscorp and Nine Entertainment have huge economic interests in REA and Domain

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@bowtiedstocks All super should be paid to the ATO, at the same time as payroll, and each individual can tell the ATO via MyGov how much they want going to a super account and how much as wages (less applicable PAYG withholding)

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@10footinvestor Agree - suspect they’ve been asked for by the landlord and just been tacked on at the end of a standard lease or something a lawyer prepared.

I’d say your chance of getting the lease is now ~0% for being a perceived “pain in the a…” for the feedback by the real estate agent.

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@_colourmeamused Totally agree.
Had to set up a business bank account with Commbank and Macquarie not long ago.
Commbank took two hours at the branch to open, Macquarie fully online form and open in less than 24 hours + much easier to use.
Might benefit from not having a legacy IT stack.

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@AvidCommentator Also consider it from the perspective of household formation occurring later in life with assortative mating driven by individual incomes - much larger dispersion of household incomes that leave many “falling behind” e.g. dwelling prices

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@JohnSmi85656082 @matt_barrie If you don’t accept cash / non-surcharge payment option it is illegal to apply a card surcharge.
Good luck having that argument at the counter though haha

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@kelceylehrich Australia solved this in the 1850s with the Torrens title system of land registration and guarantee by the state of registry records accuracy
https://t.co/FUBrbstXV1

[The Oracle @BigOtrivia]

I’ve just seen this & i honestly don’t think I’ve seen a softer sin bin in the history of Rugby League.

How on Gods green earth is that not play on ?

A sin bin ?

It’s becoming an absolute farce & ruining our game.

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@AvidCommentator Postals already started this week

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@TaxPawspective @jason_king72 @bowtiedstocks Would that be similar to Turnbull's idea of reducing income tax rates and allowing the states to raise equivalent taxes in their place?

Would be concerned states would compete against each other (e.g. like payroll taxes) and essentially hollow out any tax raising capacity

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@Trupacshaker Out of interest - why is North Epping cut off from the rest of Epping in your maps? Can't travel from North Epping to Cheltenham (or anywhere else) without travelling through Epping first.

Same problem exists with the current council boundaries to be fair

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@JoshButler Katter wants everyone to stop

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@bowtiedstocks I remember telling some non-accounting people at work more than five years ago I thought the business model was shot - graduates have a much greater array of options now and fewer people are interested in staying in the one place for an entire career

[Benjamin Smith @benmsmith0]

@bowtiedstocks Probably chucks this in to get free publicity. Be surprised if someone pays the ‘right price’ to be honest