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Jacob Fenech

πŸ‘€ Speaker
958 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

All the schemes.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Yeah.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

The income protection insurance, it's one of those things where people are like, oh, well, I've got work cover, so I don't need it.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

But I always think, because I play footy on weekends, mate, I see some of my friends get injured or even I'm okay because I work behind a desk.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Even if I broke my leg, I could probably still work.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Whereas a lot of people that are manual labor or whatever, if they hurt themselves and they don't have some sort of

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

income protection, and if they're a sole breadwinner for their family or whatever, they can be stuffed.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

So I always say to them, well, look at getting income protection.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

It's boring.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

I know you've got to pay it.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

I know.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

But one thing is because it's linked to your income, you could potentially have it as a tax deduction.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

You can also get it inside super, but then it's a different ballgame from a tax perspective.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Now, just to confirm this with you,

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Let's say worst case scenario, I injured myself and I need to claim on my income protection insurance.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

If I get, say, I don't know, just pull and figure out $5,000 a month from my income protection insurance.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

If I was on that this year, do I have to put that in my tax return?

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Okay, cool.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Just one final question for me.

Australian Finance Podcast
10 expert tax rules & tips you should know

Do you know roughly what the average tax return is most years?