Oh bummer, looks like the ATO still haven’t received info about my voluntary deductible contribution and I have an estimated return date now so they’re almost done finalising it. So they’re going to slap me with a huge tax bill even though I cleared out so much into super and I’ll have to call or some shit to amend it. Uuuurrrrgh I thought this was going to be much more straightforward. I followed all the steps! If it wasn’t for that bonus I would be ready to cry.

I only emerged out of bed at 12:30 feeling parched and gross. Just going to power through my chores for today - including washing and drying my hair which is A Task - and book my WA flights and call it done. Thank fuck I cleared up the kitchen last night.

Okay all that booze (not even that much!) was not a great idea, shot awake at 3am from a bad dream, couldn’t sleep till 4:30, and now it’s 9 and ughghgh… Should’ve drunk more water. This is why I don’t drink much.

Oily potatoes are generally really great in the airfryer.

It was enough for me to permanently switch to Firefox. Not being able to add custom blocklists on the so-called uBlock Origin Lite (which I used to block the stupid AI Overview BS) was the last straw

Didn’t do very well with the curries I made to take to a friend’s place - spice levels were all over the shop and I ran very late and spilled a whole lot in the bag (thankfully not onto the car carpets or seats). Past me would’ve been agonising over it all day but I’m glad I could get past it, hang out with friend, head to pub and socialise with other friends, and make it back in a good mood 😀

Bonus is I now have plenty of food for the next few days albeit not the best tasting but it’ll do…

Edit: my hands still smell of garlic. Whoops. Oh well

E2: glad that I managed to summon up enough energy to load the dishwasher and clean the kitchen countertops at least - don’t need to wake up to a warzone. Helped that I did all my friend’s dishes at her place because I know how hard she’s had it lately and that put me in a positive place

I hadn’t been following any news about The Pitt for a while but all the allegations coming out now about Tracy Ifeochor (Dr Collins) being asked to leave and not being in s2 are really sad. I can’t believe she is part of a virulently homophobic church that promotes conversion therapy. Like how do you even get into TV and film acting in the modern era with these kinds of strongly held beliefs? Puts a new spin on her portrayal of a character handling some difficult conversations about abortion…

For real, if not for the silly situation I put myself in my clearing out all my readily accessible cash last FY, I would’ve put it all straight into super. Since my super is anaemic for my age and I am hoping to use the FHSSS in a couple of years if things go well.

I decided to put about 25% of the bonus in salary sacrifice and the rest paid out, and have my extra hours this pay cycle counted as TOIL which I can use to buffer the unpaid leave time over my break.

At the end of next FY I can always put the rest of the bonus money into super and claim the difference in tax back so if I understand correctly it is essentially the same as salary sacrifice, just at my own pace and with extra steps. I don’t think I’ll do regular salary sacrifice from my pay until I have a much better financial position, I kind of like being able to control the timing of my contributions and have the money on hand in the meantime in case shit hits the fan as a single person without much family support in Melbourne…

I called my super fund about why my voluntary contribution wasn’t showing up in my ATO profile and had been changed to $0 in my in-progress tax return - they advised me that it was strange and they definitely notified the ATO about my contribution and to just wait and see if it resolves in the next few days as things could change while the processing is in progress.

They also reassured me that if the ATO finalise the tax return without my contribution, I can get it amended and provide the documentation I received from my super fund, so I WILL get a refund instead of a bill eventually, but that will be annoying because I don’t know how long it will take to process. I’m relieved I have this bonus money coming through because at least I can move on with my life

Yay: I’m getting a bonus! I totally forgot they give them out at this time of the year

Nay: not sure how to handle tax vs salary sacrifice into super. Especially with having to wait one whole year to claim any additional tax back.

I kinda really really need the cash so think I’ll take most of it as cash even though it’ll be taxed to all buggery. I swear to god I have not had to think so much about tax rules my whole life until this year.

I kind of hope Hungs Bakery doesn’t sell out and go up market because the tofu banh mi is absolutely legit especially for that price and speed. But I’m guessing so long as those commission housing towers are the, Victoria Street won’t gentrify like the rest of Richmond

I could do with a wattle bot 🌳 hot or otherwise!

I’ve been living in my oodie all day today. Tomorrow I will Be Productive ™

Yeah, I got the letter confirming the NOI and saw the deposit in my super balance minus 15% tax several days before I lodged my tax return. I didn’t enter a value for TFN under my super contributions (just the fund name, fund ABN and amount contributed) because I couldn’t find a TFN for the super fund (I assume that’s for SMSFs or something), so not sure if that was an issue.

But, my ATO account has been a bit weird, random errors when logging in (not a scam) and there’s a new “payments” prompt at the top of my home page even though there should be nothing outstanding

Edit: I’m a goose, the “debit” account in the payment prompt would be the amount I owe if I didn’t have deductions. Sooo I have no idea why it isn’t through yet. I’ll wait and see…

I was going to be in that position due to an improperly taxed second job and a taxable cash scholarship, but dumped a load into super to get around it. I really need that tax return and not a tax bill, so it’d be nice to get that processed properly…

I decided to check the status of my tax return and my voluntary super contribution has been reset to $0!!! Wtf! However, it’s still being processed (“Balancing accounts”) and I don’t want to slow anything down so I think I’ll just wait until it’s been finalised and maybe it’ll be added back in by then. I’ll be a very unhappy camper if I have to amend the lodgement and delay getting my money back…

No work for me the next two days, that’s good. The cash would be nice but I need to start planning my break in August and I’m just insanely, madly tired for some reason. The weather forecast is in the absolute toilet - I think I’m going to just blob out tomorrow, have a nice sleep in and watch dumb videos, and get to organising stuff on Friday. Oh it’s soooo glorious being free from the old baggage…

The weather is making this week drag on so much more than usual. I’m totally done

Yeah, I could feel the draughts a whole room over 😭

Woof, I did originally think 600 would be a minimum but an hourly rate of 133 (or real billable rate of 250/hr) is probably on par with what many people running workshops for companies do. I will definitely have a think.

Fair points, I luckily don’t need to learn that much about the app myself as I use it a lot at my current workplace (I was approached precisely because I have experience with it). I was intending on keeping it fairly loose, just a few key points on a whiteboard and then demonstration and troubleshooting/answering questions. I could tie it in with another question they have which I said I didn’t know how to resolve with the current app but I could look into it and charge them for it…

…okay so uh full disclosure it’s actually my former workplace (minus very difficult people who are no longer there) that wants to engage me. Yes, my current bosses are amazingly ok with this idea lol. I think my ex colleagues asked me because they know I’m 100% familiar with their existing setup (I did most of it) and therefore how best to translate that to this app. I won’t actually create the setup for them, apparently they’re most of the way through it, but help them figure it out themselves.

They’re now part of a rather big org and gotten the green light from higher up, so they could afford a chunk, but I also don’t want to work that hard or set up high expectations! That said, everything is inflated these days. I shall have a look at what those pros are charging for similar services and adjust accordingly, great tip.