What's up, May?

Monthly updates from your favourite tax and finance community!

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Benjemen Elengovan
May 13, 2023

News Finds 🔎

ATO chasing $40m from taxi, ride-share drivers

Transport Workers Union secretary Michael Kaine accused the ATO of having “warped priorities”.

www.afr.com/politics/federal/ato-chasing-40m-from-taxi-ride-share-drivers-20230426-p5d3as#:~:text=About%2010%2C000%20taxi%20and%20ride,crackdown%20on%20gig%20economy%20workers

Frustrated truckies say they're better off 'on the dole' after tax increase

Frustrated truck drivers have blasted an increase to the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge, claiming the extr...

www.9news.com.au/national/truck-drivers-explode-over-increase-to-heavy-vehicle-road-user-charge/eb2860ef-4995-4620-8605-575797e014ca

With so many households struggling, how do we have a budget surplus?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered a federal budget surplus of $4.2 billion, the first time in 15 years a...

www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2023-what-is-a-surplus-explained/84459bb1-72d4-4e15-9c7c-599b4a66a531

Gig Network 🌐 

📈 Over 100 international students attended our event at The Couch international student’s center. We were glad to have some of our amazing partners on the stage with us to talk about pursuing new opportunities, developing leadership and making the most out of their time in Australia!

📈 We have completed over 15 guest podcasts that talk about some great insights into the self-employed and gig economy. Listen to our latest episode here 

 📈 We are 400+ strong on our exclusive Facebook community for self-employed workers 💪

📈We are gearing up for a big networking event in Adelaide, stay tuned!

Our CEO, Benjemen, was invited at the CommBank Smallbiz conference to speak for a session!

MyGigsters was also invited at an event hosted by Study Adelaide!

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