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Medical and healthcare payroll tax is killing bulk billing, where to from here?
The GP Payroll Tax Amnesty: protection or just a clever fishing expedition?
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice!
1st July 2023 5.75% Award and 11% Super pay rise or freeze?!
Wild Health National Leader Summit: What does it take to build patient, provider, and community trust?
Is your practice putting your contractor’s ABN & GST registration at risk of cancellation or a tax audit?
For taxation and medico-legal reasons, advertising your practice as a “Medical Centre” or “Clinic”or “Practice” may be a bad idea.
Worried about the ATO Safe Harbour Employee or Contractor rules? Choose the right advice for your medical or healthcare practice in two simple steps
The ATO safe harbour rules for medical and health contractors: what you need to know
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! Part Three – Before calling a lawyer first work out (or confirm) how to run your practice
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! (Part Two of Three)
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! (Part One of Three)
‘Frypan to fire’: Tax traps for GPs
Independent Contractors Surveillance Tools and High Court Rulings Create New Tax Office Rules
The regulatory history of independent contractor law affecting medical and healthcare practices
What do brothels and medical and healthcare practices have in common: ATO contractor rules!
BREAKING: Tenant Doctors/Contractors, set up your own website now. New ATO tax and High Court Ruling
Payroll tax is harming your patients, and the future value of your medical and healthcare practice. But, it can be fixed.
Who can you trust—is your care being harmed by the $8 billion Medicare bust?
Family Trusts Under ATO Attack: Income splitting your kids!
Every cloud has a silver lining: How the 2022 Govt budget may impact your practice
Payroll Tax Duck Hunting Season warns AMA
Banking on a practice tax time bomb?
Federal Court Tax Ruling Shock: Your spouse may no longer be able to protect your family home
New Medical Practice Payroll Tax Ruling: How you pay your contractor doctors may affect your bottom line
Is ‘consent’ the o-ring of Medicare audit?
Stay safe, stop bulk billing! A simple cure for Medicare Audit Anxiety?
1st July 2021 new 2.5% Award and 10% Super pay rise or freeze?!
Overtime is not a badge of honour: it is a warning sign!- Part One
Want a higher “Red Book friendly” pathology rent?: How you go about it matters!
A patient’s view: only five minutes to decide if I get COVID vaccinated?
Don’t use the “C” Contractor Word! – Part Two
Don’t use the “C” Contractor Word! – Part One
How much is my practice worth?
ATO raises the bar on income splitting and related entities
Cashing in on COVID19
New GP vaccination items don’t add up and Patients should be free to choose even if the vaccine is not free
The Medical Republic webinar: Practice success is all about the attitude
AMA (WA) webinar: Money, medicine and protecting yourself
The Medical Republic webinar: Turning the tide of the F2F patient exodus
Medical and healthcare payroll tax is killing bulk billing, where to from here?
The GP Payroll Tax Amnesty: protection or just a clever fishing expedition?
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice!
1st July 2023 5.75% Award and 11% Super pay rise or freeze?!
Wild Health National Leader Summit: What does it take to build patient, provider, and community trust?
Is your practice putting your contractor’s ABN & GST registration at risk of cancellation or a tax audit?
For taxation and medico-legal reasons, advertising your practice as a “Medical Centre” or “Clinic”or “Practice” may be a bad idea.
Worried about the ATO Safe Harbour Employee or Contractor rules? Choose the right advice for your medical or healthcare practice in two simple steps
The ATO safe harbour rules for medical and health contractors: what you need to know
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! Part Three – Before calling a lawyer first work out (or confirm) how to run your practice
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! (Part Two of Three)
Practice Managers you are on notice!: “Medical Centre” Payroll Tax and Federal Court Ruling targets how you run your practice! (Part One of Three)
‘Frypan to fire’: Tax traps for GPs
Independent Contractors Surveillance Tools and High Court Rulings Create New Tax Office Rules
The regulatory history of independent contractor law affecting medical and healthcare practices
What do brothels and medical and healthcare practices have in common: ATO contractor rules!
BREAKING: Tenant Doctors/Contractors, set up your own website now. New ATO tax and High Court Ruling
Payroll tax is harming your patients, and the future value of your medical and healthcare practice. But, it can be fixed.
Who can you trust—is your care being harmed by the $8 billion Medicare bust?
Family Trusts Under ATO Attack: Income splitting your kids!
Every cloud has a silver lining: How the 2022 Govt budget may impact your practice
Payroll Tax Duck Hunting Season warns AMA
Banking on a practice tax time bomb?
Federal Court Tax Ruling Shock: Your spouse may no longer be able to protect your family home
New Medical Practice Payroll Tax Ruling: How you pay your contractor doctors may affect your bottom line
Is ‘consent’ the o-ring of Medicare audit?
Stay safe, stop bulk billing! A simple cure for Medicare Audit Anxiety?
1st July 2021 new 2.5% Award and 10% Super pay rise or freeze?!
Overtime is not a badge of honour: it is a warning sign!- Part One
Want a higher “Red Book friendly” pathology rent?: How you go about it matters!
A patient’s view: only five minutes to decide if I get COVID vaccinated?
Don’t use the “C” Contractor Word! – Part Two
Don’t use the “C” Contractor Word! – Part One
How much is my practice worth?
ATO raises the bar on income splitting and related entities
Cashing in on COVID19
New GP vaccination items don’t add up and Patients should be free to choose even if the vaccine is not free
The Medical Republic webinar: Practice success is all about the attitude
AMA (WA) webinar: Money, medicine and protecting yourself
The Medical Republic webinar: Turning the tide of the F2F patient exodus
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About me: David Dahm BA (Acc.), CA., FCPA, CTA, FFin, CPM, FAAPM, FAIM, FGLF.
Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser, Registered Tax Agent, Former AGPAL Surveyor 10 years of service
David Dahm is CEO and founder of the national medical and healthcare chartered accounting firm Health and Life and global Founder and CEO of the not for profit project the International Healthcare Standards and Ethics Board (www.ihseb.org)
After a serious work related car accident in 1989, and nine operations later I continue to be a patient and provider advocate. I enter my third decade as a national Chartered Accountant for Medical and Healthcare practices in Australia. I am a former 10-year Australian General Practice Accreditation surveyor. I come from a medico family. I have served on the AAPM national Board and was the inaugural national Chair of the Certified Practice Manager CPM post nominal. I continue to provide accounting tax and practice management advice to many practices all over Australia.
You know who you are and I thank you for this real honour and privilege to serve you and your community through you. Note, I am not a lawyer please seek appropriate legal and accounting advice. This information is for general information and discussion only.