You currently have or may be considering, applying for a PAYG Withholding Variation. This allows you to receive your expected tax refund during the year as part of a reduction in your income tax withheld from wages/salaries, rather than waiting for the year end tax refund. It certainly helps with cashflow when you have investment
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Time to focus in on the important things – Your goals. For many of us, our daily tasks seem to get in the way of achieving our goals. This is especially true for people in business. It can be a constant challenge to keep your vision, strategy and business goals moving forward. Daily issues that
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For many small businesses, the Christmas period may account for a large proportion of their annual sales. The holiday season is a significant spending period for consumers and brands, providing businesses with opportunities to maximise their sales. To stay ahead of competitors, it is important to establish a plan. You should advertise ahead of the
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A Real Life Story from our Case files here at The A Firm….. Sometimes what the client thinks is the problem isn’t even is the real problem. It’s in listening to the client that the real problems, goals, and then solutions reveal themselves. This was what happened recently with our Self Manager Superannuation Specialist and
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Hang on – but it’s not even December yet and you’re asking questions about January?!? An article that I read recently has made me ask the question “Do I think about the consequence or effect this task will have on my time? Is choosing to do this activity/task creating conflict between what’s important and what
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It doesn’t matter what function you are attending – even at a work one you are likely to meet new people. It’s important even at these events to make a positive, lasting first impression and having standout business cards is a great way to start. However, once cards have been exchanged and the conversation starts,
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This is another real-life story from our case-files here at The A Firm… Mr & Mrs A had just come back from their honeymoon to find a letter from the ATO asking for full payment of their $20K+ ATO / GST debt. They had been on a payment plan and hadn’t realised they hadn’t met
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The Small Business Digital Grants Program provides small businesses with access to digital technologies and services to enable them to work smarter, engage with the global economy and make the most of online business opportunities arising from digital disruption. Available funding Matching funding of up to $10,000 (excluding GST) may be provided to eligible businesses
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I’ve just read an article stating that over 60% of tax returns that have been self-lodged by Australian tax payers using MyTax have had errors in them and the majority of those errors have been in favour of the ATO! That’s money that could have been in their pockets but has stayed with the ATO.
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On Wednesday 9 November 2016, the Government introduced its superannuation legislation which makes changes to the superannuation laws it originally announced in the 2016 Federal Budget. Most of these changes will apply from 1 July 2017 so it might be sensible to for you to start thinking about how your superannuation will be impacted by
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