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A Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain – Addressing Small Business Challenges
February 8th, 2023In the current economy, there are numerous challenges confronting Australian small businesses. We hear so often from our clients around the day-to-day challenges they face whilst trying to remain profitable and continue to enjoy what they do. Businesses in all manner of industries from medical to mining, hospitality to construction, and everything in between, areread more
Electric Vehicles – Efficient for the Environment… and Your Tax Bill?
November 11th, 2022As the world begins to embrace electric vehicles as a suitable alternative to fossil fuel-powered transport, the Australian Government has planned to reach “net zero emissions” following the passing of Climate Change Bills. The Government’s objective in providing the FBT exemption for electric cars is to encourage increased use of electric cars on the roadread more
Act Now to Secure Your .au Business Domain
August 24th, 2022You may be aware that in March of 2022, the .au Domain Administration (auDA) introduced a system allowing businesses, individuals, organisations and associates with an Australian connection to register a “.au” direct domain, shortening the existing format, often “.com.au” or similar. This was brought in to afford website owners the opportunity to use a shorterread more
SMEs and WA’s Eased COVID Restrictions
April 28th, 2022On Tuesday 26 April, the State Government announced that as of 12.01am Friday 29 April, prevailing COVID restrictions will be eased, thanks to WA’s ‘soft landing’ off the back of our Omicron peak confirmed by public health data. This is undoubtedly great news for West Australians – it means that we have come through thisread more
Growing Your Business – Five Key Focus Areas
February 11th, 2022For the vast majority of business owners, the goal for the first few years is to achieve stability – predictable cashflow, a steady stream of customers and new business, and certainty around the future of the business. Once things have stabilised, some take a breather and rest on their laurels. Others look to take activeread more
Update – ATO Electronic Correspondence and Communication Preferences
November 19th, 2021You may have caught our article a few months ago regarding the moves the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is making in shifting their correspondence to business owners from paper-based “snail mail” to electronic formats. As the roll-out and wider adoption of these changes continues, we are seeing a few instances where information isn’t reaching theread more
Annual Wage Review – Final Stage
November 3rd, 2021Earlier this year, we covered the 2.5% increase to the national minimum wage and all award wages (see the article here). The changes have been rolled out in three stages, and we’re already at the third! The increases announced as a result of the Annual Wage Review first came into effect on 1 July, withread more
Director ID – What All Businesses Need to Know
October 20th, 2021As you may have heard, there are a number of changes being brought in by the Australian Government’s “Digital Business Plan” to combat fraud and security issues in businesses, measures which have brought about some obligations that require attention. Known as the “Modernising Business Registers” program, the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) is being established,read more
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