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- When can a business cease STP reporting?
- Which legal expenses are tax deductible for businesses?
- Correcting a mistake on your tax returns
- Investing overseas
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- Valuing innovation in business
- Elements of a Business Plan
- Building a team for success
- Implementing sustainable business practices
- Digital record-keeping
- And more
- Ways to improve cash flow
- Making the most of your profit
- Asset protection for business owners
- How to grow your small business
- Hiring the right person
- Economic Outlook
- Recovery watch: When will growth return?
- Which are you – a saver or investor?
- How younger members can make the most of market volatility
- The real benefit to retirees of financial advice
- Big Tech’s market might in 5 charts
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- End of year checklist
- COVID Safe Christmas parties
- FBT and gifts for employees
- Hiring workers for holiday season
- Tasks to complete by end of year
- Creating a budget for the new year
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- Developing seasonal pricing strategies
- Insolvency reforms to support small business
- Organisational culture
- Upscale your business
- What business structure suits your business
- Partnership Pros and cons
- Correctly using the margin scheme
- Lower taxes for businesses and individuals
- Insolvency reforms to support small business
- Upskilling Australia
- Changes to the super system
- Tax payable on super death benefits
- The critical steps to a successful partnership
- Evaluating the risks of business
- How to avoid hiring the wrong person
- Growing your business with referrals
- Readapting to working from the office
- Economic Outlook
- The Cycle of investor emotions
- How to invest in the things you believe in
- Strategies for long term investments
- Investment options in retirement explained
- Division 7A & private loans
- Adjusting GST liability on your BAS
- Changes to business practices TPAR
- CGT rollover when when transferring assets in a divorce
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- What to do when you can’t pay your tax on time
- ATO increases car expense deduction rate
- How COVID-19 may affect your tax return
- How to market your business for free
- Managing employee morale through
company change
- Keeping your business afloat during an economic downturn
- Conducting your business’ health-check
- How to improve your SEO ranking
- Negotiating contracts with your suppliers
- Communicating effectively with your
remote team - And More
- Economic Outlook
- Staying on track
- Embracing the fear
- Fight the flight
- How market volatility affects your super
- Transitioning to retirement
- ATO introduces new work from home deduction method
- Do you need to lodge a Taxable Payments Annual Report?
- What to know about lodgement date referrals
- Varying PAYG instalments
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- JobKeeper: what to do now
- Major changes to instant asset write-off
- 2020 end of financial year checklist
- Rent relief for commercial tenants
- Tax tips for property investors
- And more
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- Increased cash flow support for businesses
- Cybersecurity when working from home
- How to raise capital
- Big banks offer a financial lifeline
- Government strives to keep business intact
- What will record low interest rates mean for your business
- Managing your staff under COVID-19
- How to start and grow your business blog
- Training a new employee
- Avoiding project failures
- Business credit card vs small business loan
- Are you using cash flow forecasting?
- Lead generation for 2020
- Economic Outlook (Pre Coronavirus impact)
- How to manage anchoring bias
- Investment strategies for your future
- Self -employed? Don’t leave your business at risk
- What can retires do about longevity risk?
- Restoring damaged tax records after a natural disaster
- FBT exemption for emergency assistance
- Amendment to housing affordability measures introduced
- Removal of the main residence exemption for non-resident
Past newsletters – Pre 2020
Please be aware that some content may be out of date and should not be acted upon without consulting your relevant advisor.
- Sales strategies for 2020
- How to best prepare for a business loan
- What to include in a business partnership agreement
- Avoiding non-paying clients
- Negotiating a business deal
- Find your business niche
- Economic Outlook
- Transition to retirement decisions
are life changing. - How to be a human be-ing,
not a human do-ing - Protecting your super – further changes
- Using diversification to combat risk
- And more
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- 2020 vision, planning for the new year
- Securing your business over the break
- Hiring working holiday makers
- Holiday travel and estate planning
- Don’t burn out before the holidays
- And More
- Using the margin scheme correctly
- Tax implications of termination payments
- Limiting tax deductions for holding vacant land
- Time limit on GST refunds
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- Deduction rules for small business
- New industries included under TPAR
- Reestablishing lost or damaged records
- A deed or an agreement
- Surveillance in the workplace
- Recognising and avoiding conflicts of interest
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- Making the most of a business slowdown
- Correctly terminating an employee
- Short-term vs long-term financing
- Three types of marketing channels
- Landing page optimisation
- How to handle staff resignations
- Economic Outlook
- Are you an investor or speculator?
- Why investing for retirement is different
- Your biggest investing problem may be you
- Impossible Whoppers and impossible valuations
- And more
- Restructure rollover for small businesses
- Disclosing personal living expenses
- Single Touch Payroll (STP) exemption
- Disclosing personal living expenses
- Personal tax cuts now law
- And more.
- Small business income tax offset
- Home based business tax deductions
- Introducing MyGovID and RAM
- The legal obligations of marketing
- The art of effective negotiation
- And more.
- Handing over your business to family
- Making your small business bigger
- Choosing the right business location
- Improving your employees’ wellbeing
- And more.
- Economic Outlook
- The financial power of women
- Tax tips and tax return tips
- The private equity opportunity
- Will you be comfortable with comfortable.
- And more
- 2019 end of financial year checklist
- Essential record keeping for year-end
- Tax tips for property investors
- Getting PAYG withholding right
- Tax tips for property investors
- FBT and how it attracts the ATO
- ATO increases fuel tax credit rates
- Taking advantage of cashless business
- Positive business culture
- Remote workers and how they can help
- The debtors days method
- Economic Outlook
- Understanding elder financial abuse
- Unhealthy attachments
- 5 reasons to consider a lifetime annuity
- 4 tips for boosting your super
- And more
- A business growth based Budget
- Supporting the vulnerable
- Job skills to better tomorrow
- Changes to PAYG withholding obligations
- How property investors can get more back
- Say goodbye to AUSKey
- Increasing employee engagement
- Impacts of your office environment
- Benefits of podcasting
- Code of conduct for your business
- Responding to customer feedback
- Make 2019 your best year ever
- Common FBT errors employers make
- Supporting a grieving employee
- Are your business practices ethical?
- Proposed changes to Div 7A
- Cash flow tips
- Economic Outlook
- Living longer, living smarter
- How an ETF can help your SMSF portfolio
- The automotive sector in turbulent change
- Life insurance implications
- Tax implications for resettlement of trust
- Instant asset write-off to be increased
- Scam warning from ATO
- Tax traps the ATO is watching
- Build stronger business relationships
- A guide to recruiting cultural fit
- How to find your target market
- Living up to your potential
- How to reinvent your business
- And More
- Planning for the holiday rush
- Staff safety at Christmas parties
- System overhauls for secure data
- Government bans ESST
- Extra conditions for CGT concessions
- Christmas employee rewards
- And More
- Preparing your BAS
- Seasonal Pricing Strategy
- ATO expands TPAR criteria
- Small business delivery tips
- And More
- Single Touch Payroll
- ATO’s new guidelines for FBT on vehicles
- ATO phone scam alert
- Government fast-tracks SME tax cuts
- And More
- Closing a sale
- Data cleaning for successful marketing
- Make business goals a reality
- Correctly terminating an employee
- Creating a successful start up
- Read more
- Economic outlook
- More benchmarks in the world than stocks
- Cycle of market emotions
- Redefining risk for income investors
- Crowd funding
- Read more
- Hiring for cultural fit
- Dealing with conflicts of interest
- Creating an agile workplace
- Should I enter a partnership
- And more
- Changes to GST at settlement forms
- Claiming the $20,000 instant asset write-off
- Target amendments to Division 7A
- How are super death benefits taxed?
- Read more
- Understanding your management style
- Nailing your content marketing strategy
- Preventing burnout in your workplace
- Batching your tasks
- And more
- Economic Outlook
- Big Data is fuelling the AI revolution
- Earning money from the sharing economy
- How to help ensure your super contributions don’t exceed the caps
- Lessons from the market
- And more
- Harassment in light of #MeToo
- ACCC announces 2018 priorities
- Defining business values
- Year end mistakes
- And more
- Staying ahead of the game in 2018
- Building awesome business relationships
- Goal-setting for your business
- Leading change and driving profits
- Hiring the right staff
- And more
- Tax time for investment property
- Deadline approaching for CGT relief
- Preparing for Single Touch Payroll
- Year End 2018 checklist
- Preparing for year end
- And more
- Economic Outlook
- Can Socially Responsible Investing and good returns coexist?
- When can I retire?
- How will the First Home Super Scheme work for SMSFs?
- Telecoms: The fourth industrial revolution
- And more
- Make 2018 your best year ever
- Don’t get caught at these public holidays
- Maximising efficiency in your business
- Boosting employee engagement
- Evening the playing field
- And more
- End-of-year admin tasks
- Avoiding the Grinch this Christmas
- Kickstart your holiday marketing
- The gift of FBT-free giving
- Going green in the new year
- And more …
- Inspiring employees for long-term success
- Identifying your target market
- Signs it’s time to sell-up
- Benefits of cloud computing
- Optimising in-house communication
- And more
- Market update
- The new super rules contain some good news
- Ways to improve your home
- What do market benchmarks measure?
- Cover your way of life.
- Are you ready to expand your business?
- Turning negative customer feedback around
- New ban on excessive payment surcharges
- Strategies for digital growth
- And more …
- CGT Strategies for your holiday rental
- Managing your GST Liability
- Using the $20k instant asset write-off
- ATO targeting work-related expenses
- And more …
- 2017 year end tax tips
- Reducing capital gains tax
- Staying on top of your records
- CGT relief provisions for SMSFs
- Super reforms on the way
- And more …
- Market update
- APRA’s needle just popped the housing bubble
- End of Financial Year Strategies
- Buy/sell agreement to cover your business
- Lower portfolio volatility? It’s in the bank
- Choosing a wine like a professional
- Habits to kick if you want success
- Boost your business cash flow
- Leading change
- Avoid taking these business shortcuts
- And more …
- Passing on the family business
- Improving internal communication
- Simpler BAS from 1 July
- Checklist for new workers
- Changes to workplace laws
- And more …
- Brushing up on communication
- Tips for online marketing
- Making better business decisions
- Having difficult conversations at work
- Running a productive business meeting
- And more …
- 2017 market outlook
- Are you prepared for the new superannuation changes?
- Resisting temptation
- Raising financially savvy kids
- Easing the journey into aged care
- CGT exemptions for depreciating assets
- ATO issues ruling on bad debts
- Simpler BAS for small business
- Keeping taxpayers honest
- CGT events affecting shareholders
- Rates increase for fuel tax credits
- Building a sustainable lifestyle
- ATO to report unpaid debts
- A guide to negative gearing
- Managing morale through change
- Common traps at tax time
- ACCC compliance priorities for 2017
- Changes to penalty rates
- Managing your GST liability
- And more …
- Finding your point of difference
- Opening a second location
- Overcoming motivation blocks
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Why business needs social responsibility
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And more
- New Year’s Resolutions for 2017
- Tips for improving cash flow
- New safe harbour for car fringe benefits
- Preparing for public holidays in 2017
- Intellectual property law basics
- Improving your sales pitch
- How to fuel creativity
- Investing in employee wellness
- Tips for using holiday hashtags
- And more
- Balancing portfolios in an unbalanced world
- Learning the (investment) lessons of history
- Trust your strategic plan but keep some powder dry!
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What is global listed infrastructure?
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The case for industrial shares
- Investing in business real property
- New PAYG withholding rates
- Taking out a chattel mortgage
- Preparing for your business exit
- Are you underpaying employees?
- ATO crackdown on work-related expenses
- How do franking credits work?
- Tax tips for property investors
- Beyond Brexit
- Timing retirement
- Five big questions for AREIT investors
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Why having a proper estate plan is so important
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Changes to the age pension rules – are you ready?
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How to avoid behavioural investment traps
- Crafting your promotional mix
- How to be successful in new situations
- Boost resilience in the workplace
- Finding your target market
- New high-income threshold
- Getting your BAS right
- Calculating fuel tax credits
- Setting out terms and conditions
- Eliminating hiring bias
- ATO crackdown on rental property tax claims
- Limits for FBT Benefits
- Cutting tax on share transfers
- Calculating your property GST
- Managing online reviews
- Finding the right culture fit
- Leverage from LinkedIn
- Conducting effective meetings
- Counting the cost of a curve ball
- Property and diversified portfolio
- SMSF borrowing gets the amber light
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Making sense of the fixed income landscape
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Time to reconsider emerging markets
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Getting financially prepared to start a family
- Cancelling or transferring a business name
- Selling your business GST-free
- Meeting your superannuation obligations
- Making environmental claims
- Industries on the ATO’s radar this year
- Federal Budget – Superannuation changes
- ATO to focus on collectables
- Federal Budget – Individuals
- Federal Budget – flexible super
- Tax on gifts and donations
- Surviving the run up to June 30
- End of financial year: SMSFs
- Keeping on top of your records
- Upcoming ATO compliance targets
- End-of-year superannuation checklist
- Macro risks elevated in 2016
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The Star Wars’ guide to investing in volatile times
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Aged care – making an informed decision
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Give your bonus a boost this year
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Thinking outside the box – commercial vs residential property
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Ignore life’s trigger events at your peril
- An SMSF trustee decision for the long haul.
- Why franking credits are important for retirees.
- Changes to the age pension rules.
- Make sure your estate ends up in the right hands.
- Applying for a tax withholding variation.
- Claiming tax deductions for your website.
- Tax-deductible overseas trips.
- Selling your business.
- Surviving the ATO crackdown.
- Expanding your business overseas.
- Is a company merger your ideal exit strategy?
- And more.
- Why China’s property market matters.
- Trauma fills the gaps.
- Insurance through super.
- Control your retirement income.
- Are your estate affairs in order.
- Four tips on what to do with a windfall.
Tax strategies for you and your business:
• ATO focuses on rental property deductions
• Training course deductions
• Reducing holiday house CGT
• Work-related expensed on ATO hitlist
Strategies for managing your business:
- Annual leave overhaul
- Be careful of automatic renewals in contracts
- Update on unemployment laws
- Delivering quality customer service
- ACCC cracks down on franchises
- Tax tips for property investors.
- Surviving the run up to June 30.
- End of financial year, SMSFs.
- Keeping on top of your records.
- Upcoming ATO compliance targets.
- End-of-year superannuation checklist.
- And more.
- The Investment Hunger Games
- Getting ahead in your 50s
- Protect your earnings and reap the tax benefits
- Is an SMSF right for you?
- Five steps to consider before entering an aged care home
- Maximise your opportunities for the end of financial year
- Do you really have to play big, to win big?
For You And Your Business
- Budget focus on stimulating small business
- Fuel tax credit rate increases
- R&D and other incentives
- Property damage considerations for investors
- Tax shortfall disclosure commended
- Plummeting oil prices and quantitative easing have global
significance - Global technology wars
- Making the most of your retirement income
- Aged care reforms
- Covering life’s stages
- Have you considered Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?
- Demystifying long-short funds
Strategies For Managing Your Business
- Business Resolutions for 2015
- Managing Your Cash flow
- Making Sure FBTs are beneficial
- A guide to CGT
Tax Strategies For You & Your Business
- Negative Gearing For Property Investors
- Share Transactions: ATO Digging
- ATO Targets motor vehicles
- Minimising Your FBT Bill