NEWS & EVENTS
You & Your Computer Security – Don’t Ignore This!!!!!!
YOU& YOUR COMPUTER SECURITY – DON'T IGNORE THIS!!!!!! Held up Have you ever been held to ransom? We don’t actually know of a business client that has but we now know what it feels like. So here’s our story Started on a Monday morning – computer switched on but...
Audit Targets
AUDIT TARGETS The ATO picks people for an audit or review because they are different (red flags!!!) or because they have specific data on you from a data matching program. And they are getting very clever about it. There are laws requiring third parties e.g....
2016 – An interesting year so far – much more to come!!!!
2016 – An interesting year so far – much more to come!!!! What have we seen this year? As your accountants and tax agents, some observations, not in any particular order. Our staff prefer Arnott’s Assorted Cream Biscuits above all others. Many of our clients do...
Risk Management
RISK MANAGEMENT WHAT IS RISK? You could define it as the possibility of suffering harm or loss. In the business context, we all suffer financial risk – a loss of assets, drop in sales leading to finance issues, people who don’t pay, or computer viruses, to name...
May 2016 Super, The 2016 Budget, Retirement, The Election – You Decide!!!!
May 2016 Super, The 2016 Budget, Retirement, The Election – You Decide!!!! Super & The Budget There are lots of unhappy people out there. They have been planning, maybe for several years and suddenly, someone moved the goal posts. Everytime super rules are...
30 June 2016 will soon be here
30.06.2016 WILL SOON BE HERE So here’s a list of some things you should be thinking about, if they apply to you. The $20,000 write-off – will it last?? This is available to small business entities (generally those with a turnover of less than $2.0 million per...
ESTATE PLANNING
ESTATE PLANNING Estate Planning involves some or all of the areas below, and much, much more. WILL Do you have a Current Will? When was it prepared? Have you married, divorced or had children after the will was prepared? Do you know what happens if you die...
EMPLOYMENT COSTS – THE FACTS
EMPLOYMENT COSTS - THE FACTS If you are budgeting or planning or costing and it involves the cost of labour, what numbers do you use? Apart from a base salary, you are also up for super (9%) workcover (rate varies) leave loading (??) and maybe payroll tax...