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From July 1st 2014 the Australian government commenced a loan scheme to support those doing an apprenticeship known as Trade Support Loans. Under this scheme apprentices in eligible occupations can be granted a loan of regular instalments up to $20,000...

With the end of the 2015 Financial Year approaching fast, the following link provides a checklist of items to consider prior to attending your appointment or forwarding your taxation information to our office. Income Tax Return Checklist  

Industry Skills Fund Available To All Industries Whilst the Industry Skills Fund identifies “priority industries”, this doesn’t mean that applicants who don’t fall within the “priority industries” are not able to apply.  Other businesses are able to apply, however, they...

There are various ratios that can be prepared to enable a business to compare itself to its performance in previous accounting periods and to also benchmark the business’ performance against other similar businesses.  Some of the ratios include: Increase/Decrease in...

It’s important that businesses have implemented risk management strategies, to protect the business’ assets.  This could include: Awareness of the requirements of the Personal Property Securities Act and the need for various entries to be made on the Personal Property...

Culture affects everything about the business.  A leader has a significant impact on the culture within the business. Leadership is the way that leaders influence team members towards the achievement of an organisation’s goals.  Leadership can neither be performed by...

With the end of the 2015 Financial Year approaching fast, the following link provides a list of items to consider pre 30 June 2015 for your personal income tax planning purposes. Please call our office if you would like to...

A friendly reminder that if you have 20 or more employees, you have until 30 June 2015 to be using a certified SuperStream compliant service when you pay and report employee super contributions. SuperStream is part of the government’s Super...

With the end of the 2015 Financial Year approaching fast, the following link provides a list of items to consider pre 30 June 2015 for business tax planning purposes. Please call our office if you would like to discuss any...

The following link provides a summary of the Tax and Financial support related measures announced in Tuesday nights budget, as prepared by our affiliated financial planning firm, Barns Financial Services. 2015 Budget Summary