Est. MMXXVI · South Australia · Tax, decoded

The little black book your accountant hoped you'd never read.

Plain-English deduction guides for those who'd rather quietly keep what's theirs.

Your accountant gets paid the same whether you claw back $500 or $5,000 — so most don't bother looking. These are the books that make them. By Joshua Hall: what to ask, what to bring, and exactly what to tell them to chase. One volume per trade.

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Reviewed by a registered tax agent· Every figure ATO-referenced· 60-day money-back guarantee· E-book · Audiobook · Playbook

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Every year, you hand back money that was always yours — quietly, without ever being told.

I · The Premise

Not because you've done anything wrong. Because the system is built to confuse, and your accountant — bless them — doesn't know a stethoscope from a fob watch, a logbook from a luncheon. They process you. They do not fight for you.

The difference between the worker who claims $1,200 and the one who claims $6,000 is never the spending. It's the knowing. This book is the knowing — set down plainly, kept strictly within the law, and written for one trade at a time.

"Minimisation, never evasion. Every figure tied to a current ATO ruling — built to survive an audit, not to start one."

A nurse's quiet leak — per annum

Travel between sites, unclaimed$2,640

Laundry, never lodged$150

Telephone, work portion$500

CPD, equipment, professional$510

Recovered~$1,150

II · What's Inside

Is your accountant actually any good?

The ten questions that tell you in five minutes.

II.

Everything you may claim

By category, with the dollar figures and the evidence.

III.

Everything you may not

So you know I'm telling you straight.

IV.

The grey areas, risk-rated

Where to push, where to stop, and why.

The records that win an audit

Five minutes a month. Peace of mind all year.

III · By The Ledger

This isn't dodgy. It's the money that was already yours.

$1,800average extra deductions a single nurse was leaving behind, every year.

88¢per kilometre between work sites — most never claim a cent of it.

100%of claims cited to current ATO guidance. Audit-safe by design.

IV · The Author

"I'm not an accountant. I'm the man who got ground up by the system, worked out why — and wrote it down for you."

I'm 30, and I've spent my life pulling systems apart to see how they really work — a few of them I probably shouldn't have. I made a fortune young, lost most of it, built businesses, made millions, and lost the lot to my own mistakes. I've been on the wrong side of things, and I've paid for it.

Here's what I worked out: everything's a system — tax, money, business, people — and every one has a way in once you can see it. Tax is just the first system anyone should learn to beat, because it's the one quietly costing you the most. I'm not here to turn you into an accountant. I'm here to show you how the game works, so the people you're already paying actually play it for you.

— Joshua Hall

V · Why You Can Trust It

Not tax hacks. Not loopholes.
Just what's legitimately yours — checked by a professional.

Reviewed by a registered tax agent

Every claim in the book has been checked by a registered tax agent — not just written by me. The figures hold up.

Every figure ATO-referenced

Each deduction is tied to current ATO guidance. Built to survive an audit, not to start one.

It tells you what you can't claim

A whole chapter on what to leave alone — so you know the rest is straight. Minimisation, never evasion.

60-day money-back guarantee

If it doesn't find you more than it cost, you don't pay — and you keep the book either way.

VI · The Collection

One volume per trade.
Each in its own hand.

The Nurses & Midwives edition is out now. The rest are in the works — tap any to preview what's coming.

The Little Black Book · Nurses & Midwives · 2025–26

The E-bookPDF & EPUB. The full deduction guide, yours to keep.

The AudiobookNarrated start to finish — listen between shifts or on the commute.

The Nurse's Tax PlaybookA registered tax agent's plain-English guide to your whole return. Bundle bonus.

~~$29.98~~ $19.95 AUD · launch

E-book and audiobook, yours in perpetuity — reviewed by a registered tax agent, and the bundle includes The Nurse's Tax Playbook — a tax agent's plain-English guide to your whole return. A sixty-day guarantee: if it does not find you more than it cost, you do not pay.

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Is your accountant actually any good?

Everything you may claim

Everything you may not

The grey areas, risk-rated

The records that win an audit

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