Asset Protection

Asset Protection Services

You’ve worked hard for your assets, but are they adequately protected?

Just like you insure your car, your home and your health, it’s important to protect your assets from unforeseen circumstances too. How? With the right strategy. With so many different strategies and options, asset protection can be complicated, but with the right professional to assist you, it doesn’t have to be.

Protect what you’ve worked so hard for

You’ve spent your life working hard to grow your wealth and assets, to give you and your family the life you deserve. What if that was all suddenly taken away? Don’t let that happen. Protect what you’ve worked so hard for with the right asset protection strategy.

How Crest Accountants can help

The best way to protect your assets? With asset protection advice from specialists, you can trust. With over 45 years’ experience in providing advice on asset protection, you can trust Crest Accountants. We take the complication out of asset protection and help put the right asset protection strategy in place, for you.

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Why Now is a Great Time to Refinance Your Home Loan

In the midst of a global health crisis and worldwide economic and financial uncertainty – surely there’s no benefits for the average Australian homeowner or investor, right? When all seems gloomy, in enters the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA), interest rate drop. With a current official cash rate of 0.25% and interest rates well below […]

COVID-19

Reminder: QLD Coronavirus Land Tax Relief Closes 30 June 2020

Overview You may be eligible for one or more of the following land tax relief measures: a land tax rebate reducing land tax liabilities by 25% for eligible properties for the 2019-20 assessment year a waiver of the 2% land tax foreign surcharge for foreign entities for the 2019-20 assessment year a 3 month deferral […]

Superannuation

Is cashing in on your super early really worth it?

The temporary access to our superannuation funds is aimed to offset the economic stress that COVID-19 is putting Australians through. This means, if you’re eligible, you can apply for an early release of up to $10,000 in the 2019-20 financial year through the myGov website. More super opportunities are available from July 2020, too. However, […]

COVID-19

COVID-19: Monitoring the Gold Coast Property Market in 2020

The sandy beaches, sunshine and laid-back lifestyle has long made the Gold Coast a tourist hotspot and great place to live. At the start of the year, the forecast for the Gold Coast property market looked very positive. But as we’ve seen both nationally and internationally, predictions of economic strength and even life as we […]

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Your Guide to Child Maintenance Trusts

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Our family dynamics, lifestyles and the property market aren’t the only trends that have shifted in the 21st century – property owners have, too! Whether you’re a single woman wanting to get your foot on the property ladder, or part of a couple or family – property ownership, including investment properties, is achievable. Read on […]

SMSF

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Estate Planning

5 Reasons Estate Planning is so important

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Asset Protection

Asset Protection and how an Accountant can help

You’ve worked hard for your assets; your home, business, cars, boat, shares and any other investments you may have, but are they adequately protected? Yes, you may have home and car insurance, but have you actually protected your wealth? These days, we have many things to worry about, and whilst we don’t want to add […]

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Are you a property owner confused about what you can or can’t claim for your rental property? What you may not know, is that deductions are only viable during the time that you rented the property out or it was genuinely available to rent. Essentially, if the property is tenanted or if you’re actively seeking […]

SMSF

ATO Querying SMSFs Investment Strategies

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Structure

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Do you want your business to grow? If you’re reading this blog, then the answer is likely yes. As a business owner, you know your service inside and out and you’ve likely built your business around your skills, abilities and vision. What you may not know, is that how you structure your business, can be […]

Lauren Gregory

04:10 20 Jun 19

Recently I came on board as a client, and cannot recommend Angela highly enough. To date, my experience with Angela and the team has been fantastic and I would not hesitate in providing a referral. I have been impressed with the prompt return of calls and emails, and have had all work completed within our agreed time frames. The valuable taxation and small business advice I have received has been incredibly useful and provided me with support and guidance on my personal and business journey. If you are looking for a Tax Accountant or Advisor, don't hesitate in making the move over to Crest.

Danny Ellem

05:07 09 Oct 19

I cannot commend Crest Advisors lending team enough. As first home owners, we found the place we wanted and knew we had to find someone to make our loan happen. Dion & Nat, not only had fantastic communication & correspondance, they worked with us on finding what we wanted and helped us secure our first home. The were patient & explained everything as we were completely new to it all. They gave us direction and guidance in what we needed and were very thorough with what they needed.We cannot thank Dion & Nat enough and highly reccomend them to anyone.

Feng Lin

00:56 03 Sep 19

Very good fellows! Hepled us to start our business in this country and looked after our accounting very well from the first day at low costs!Strongly recommending people to engage Crest Advisors for any business or individual services!

Kelly Penman

07:29 22 Sep 19

An excellent dealing with Natalie from start to finish, she was very patient with me while i was purchasing my vehicle, can highly recommend easy process and great to communicate with .

The Edit Suite

01:20 20 Aug 19

We have had the great experience of working with the friendly team at Crest Advisors and would highly recommend them. Fantastic team, terrific space and caring attitude.

Carla Schesser

05:43 02 Dec 19

I recently worked with Louise on a full website design & build project for Crest Accountants. Throughout the whole process, Louise was highly organised, detail-oriented and super communicative which made the project a massive success.It was apparent from the start of the project together that Louise was passionate about Crest Accountants, the vision and did everything needed to ensure the website was perfect.Thank you Louise for all your efforts and I look forward to working on the next project soon!

Phillip Crawley

12:11 08 Dec 19

Ryan, Nicole & Robert are all very skilled at what they do, highly recommend.

Jed Newnham

23:59 29 Nov 16

I highly recommend Crest Advisors. I have been working with Crest for 4 years and they assist me personally and my business in several areas including Cashflow forecasting, tax planning, business structuring, BAS, Finance, Insurance and SMSF. They provide excellent services and will help you achieve your personal and business goals. Jed Newnham, Managing Director of Newnham Scaffolding