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A Defence career can finish, but your

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financial story doesn't finish with it.

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Transitioning into a brand new

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career, building wealth through a rental

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property, shares, investments, capital

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gains, and sometimes a tax return from

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years ago that deserves another look.

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Here's something many people get wrong.

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Paying for something doesn't

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automatically make it tax-deductible. A

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valid work-related claim depends on why

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you spent the money and whether

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it was connected to earning your income.

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It also depends on whether you were

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reimbursed and whether you can support

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it with records.

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One return can involve a lot more than

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income and deductions. For the Defence

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community, the story includes years of

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changing property, investments, and

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financial circumstances. That is why

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specialist experience matters.

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DefenceTax works with veterans and

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families across Australia

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because everyone in this room

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has a different story and tax works best

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when someone understands the story

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behind the numbers. We

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understand the story behind the return.

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Specialist tax support for the Defence