Current Newsletter

Winter 2017
- Are slow debtors hurting your business ?
- Investment Property: Pre and Post 30 June
- Company tax reforms pass the Senate with amendments
- ATO monitoring ride sharing arrangements
- ATO to focus on cash only business
- Red Tape Reduction - Victorian Incorporated Associations
- 'Voluntourism': how to make a difference in your retirement ?
- Federal Budget 2017 - 6 things to consider
- How to flip property for profit ?

Previous Newsletters

Autumn 2017
- Are the Odds in Your Favour of Your Business Surviving?
- Revenue Recognition: Changes for Not-for-profits
- Selling the Backyard?
- Removal of $1,000 GST Threshold for Imported Goods
- ATO Debt Could Now Impact Your Credit Rating
- Aged care – know what’s involved
- Downsizing
- Developing a Retirement Savings Plan

Summer 2016
- Planning for the New Year
- ATO Statistics on Small Business raise concern
- Time is ticking for the(expanded) $20,000 immediate write-off
- Binging on Christmas expenses
- Possible Fix to Fundraising Legislation
- Asset Test Anomalies
- Super changes now law
- Economic outlook - What’s in store?
- The Trump Presidency – what it means for you

Spring 2016
- Hows your revenue going for the first two months?
- ACNC signals tough new stance
- Uber, Airbnb and the ATO - What you need to know
- What postcodes lose the most super?
- Tax time is Scam time
- Hoping rate cuts will bolster growth
- How financially fit are you?
- 8 tips to avoid cybercrime

Winter 2016
- Are you SuperStream ready?
- Is your business structure still the right fit?
- ATO warning on June 2016 unpaid Trust distributions to charities
- Cutting red tape
- "Eye-opening" is how Prue Fergus Griffin describes the search for aged care for her seriously ill father.
- Budget signals Super changes
- Are you a sprinter?

Autumn 2016
- Can you afford to sell your business?
- Moving overseas? Don't forget the ATO
- Capital Gains Tax and property - the sleeping giant
- Survey provides a snapshot of not-for-profits
- Daydreaming about your next holiday
- Investing in a low rate environment
- Safe as houses - Investing in property

Summer 2015
- Tips for a Tax Free Christmas
- HECS-HELP Benefit – reducing your education debt
- The ATO targets eBay sellers
- The “evils” of administration costs
- Protection to small business becomes law
- There’s something special about Special Disability Trusts
- Gearing-up for school fees?
- Will you over-indulge this Christmas?
- Mortgage paid off? Now what?

Spring 2015
- ASIC guide for private company directors
- SuperStream update
- Screws tighten on professional firms
- Volunteers – are you at risk?
- Who is looking at your charity information?
- Public Benevolent Activities outside Australia
- Handing over?
- Market Update
- The China syndrome: What's next?
- Unpacking the dollar:
- Access your super before you retire

Winter 2015
- Are you being scammed?
- Taxable payments reporting for the building industry
- Why using the 20k Budget tax deduction might be the wrong decision
- More certainty for the charity sector
- ATO view finalised on income tax exemption conditions
- 10 steps to financial security in your 30s
- Shares in a nutshell
- Voluntary redundancy – should you take the money and run?

Autumn 2015
- Time to review salary packaging
- The Future of the ACNC
- Charities missing in action?
- Divorce - what it means to you (and your business)
- Avoid the Land Tax sting
- Protection for Small Business from 1st July
- Market Update
- Is property still a good investment?
- Insurance - Can you afford not to be protected?

Summer 2014
- It’s the ATO calling...or is it?
- The top SMSF property investment mistakes
- ACNC - uncertain times continue
- Accounting Standards Update for Not For Profits
- Market Update
- How not to blow an inheritance
- Financial advice you wish you’d known younger

Spring 2014
- ATO Initiatives for Small Business
- Superannuation
- ATO Targets Professionals
- Governing Rules and Charitable Purposes
- New Penalty Regime for SMSF Trustees
- Market Update
- Don’t be caught out
- Lessons from the Financial Crisis
- It’s business time: Helping small business women
2014 Fringe Benefits Tax Update
Winter 2014
- Claiming Medical Expenses
- Payroll Tax Alert
- Public Benevolent Institution Decision
- Tax changes from 1st July
- Future of the ACNC
- Update on Superstream
- Market Update
- Dealing with the two percenters
- The front-foot approach to aged care
Autumn 2014
- Some Clarity for Non Profits
- Easy come, easy go: The PPSR & your business
- Tax legislation clean up
- Efficiency in Debt Management
- Market Update
- End of financial year planning starts now
- Choosing aged care: what you need to know
- Covering all bases with income protection
Summer 2013
- Improved Cash Flow
- RDL Office Closure
- ACNC Charity Portal
- Super salary sacrifice arrangements in good shape?
- Market Update
- Getting it Right for the Grandkids
- Six Key Issues for Grandparents
Spring 2013
- ATO Issues Warning
- A new Government... What now for charities?
- What makes a confident investor?
- Another reason to check your caps

Winter 2013
- Audit or Review?
- Federal Budget 2013 / 2014
- SMSF Owners - hold onto your caps!

Autumn 2013
- Ato focus on school building funds
- Save time on Superannuation Guarantee payments
- ACNC - Annual Information Statements
- Beat the clock at Tax time
- Market update

Winter 2012
- Changing tax landscape for business
- The Federal Budget and You
- Split the Super - Share the Benefits
Spring2012
- Employee or Contractor?
- ACNC carve out for "Basic Religious Charities"
- Rate cuts not always good for investors
Autumn 2012
- Big changes for all Charities
- Special Disability Trusts
- 2011 / 2012 year end planning

Salary Sacrificing your Rental Expenses, Savings for Landlords!, Cash Flow...still king
Investing for Children (Part 1), Focus on the not-for-profit sector - Legislative Changes Ahead

Autumn 2011
- Natural Disasters: The impact on your investment portfolio
- Have we changed?, Fraud: It won't happen to us
- Providing Certainty for Trust
- What's better for me... new or old van?
Summer 2010
- Scams Target Businesses
- Office Closure
- Planning for Aged Care
Spring 2010
- ATO Targets the Cash Economy
- Easier for Expatriates
- Changes to Companies limited by Guarantee Reporting
- Why the Tax Office is Looking at your Facebook Profile
Winter 2010
- Reporting Obligations - Companies Limited by Guarantee
- ATO comment on Word Investment case
- "Where the Buck Stops" Some Brief Thoughts on Board Responsibility
- Assisting small business measures deadline approaching
- Help! I've put too much into my super fund
Autumn 2010
- How do I know how much my business is really worth?
- SMSF Property Investment
- Still Working and Over 65
Summer 2009
- Testing Times Ahead
- Hidden charges on equipment purchases sting business owners
- Self Managed Super Funds - What happens when you die?
- Special Disability Trusts
Spring 2009
- Exceed Super Limit - Taxed up to 93%
- New tax sting for Aussie working overseas
- Q&A
- Visiting Our Office?
- The Good Oil on Insolvent Trading