[AusNOG] LAW REVIEW - Data Retention for Content Service, Providers and Hosting Service Providers

[Chad Kelly]

On 8/28/2015 12:00 PM, ausnog-request at lists.ausnog.net wrote:
> How do we go about requesting a royal commission over the issue? Perhaps my lawyers can help in that regard.... Perhaps not, at least I can ask them and see what they say.
>
> Nope, not at AUSNOG, working hard on developing best in breed software products that will help us all in our businesses and lives, the life of a web developer / programmer turned hosting provider, hey? Once a programmer, always a programmer. Can never get too far away from a keyboard:-)  

If your worried about paying too much tax, or want to minimize the 
amount you pay, get an accountant, plenty of decent ones around the 
place, who can both minimise the amount of tax you pay, and they can 
assist in getting loads of cash back off the government now a days as well.
You can claim for a bunch of business related expenses, just like you 
can claim loads on personal tax as well if you have the correct 
deductions in place.
Every business is different so you need to work with your accountant on 
strategies.
I would not waste too much time trying to change the government, if you 
want to make a difference, you need to donate money to your political 
party of choice, either that, or also have an organisation that lobbies 
really hard for your interests, and a lot of those are paid large sums 
of money as well.
I actually studied lobbying as a part of my uni degree a few years ago.
That's got another set of laws that are quite complicated and that also 
have a lot of loopholes, such as if your a non profit, which most of the 
organisations that do lobbying are, you don't need to disclose how much 
money you give to political parties.
Regards Chad.

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Chad Kelly
Manager
CPK Web Services
web www.cpkws.com.au
phone 03 9013 4853