Hi Everyone

Our aim is to move our family from the city rat race to the country.

Hi,

I am currently investigating options for reducing my tax liability for next financial year and into the future.  I am currently self employed in the construction industry and have a reasonably high income and very few deductions which means I give way to much money to the government.

Hi everyone, it's s nice to be finally able to join this site! My husband and I have finally purchased our dream block of land; just under 600 acres in the North Burnett region of Queensland. We currently both live and work in Brisbane, about a 4 hour drive from the property, but we have lots of family up there who can check in on it for us while we're away. We're working hard to relocate closer to the property, and will both have off-site incomes so that the property remains a quality of life block rather than a commercial enterprise.

Hullo

This must be a simple question to answer but we've no idea how to approch it.

How do we work out how big to make a dam for water for our sheep and cattle?  We need to plan for water as there is no water system on the property for the animals and we're only on rainwater for the house and summer will come soon enogh.

If sheep and cows are to drink water from the dam, how deep do we make the dam so they can still drink when it gets low. Will the sheep get stuck in it if too deep or sides too steep? Hoq do other farmers do this?

Any ideas will be welcome

 I have read about needing $20,000 turnover on this forum and also had in mentioned by accountant along with other 'rules' to class promary production activities as a business however, I don;t know where this information comes from. I cannot find anymontion of it on the ATO website, only guidelines as to what constitutes carring on a primary production activity.