Articles

01 Sep 2017

Excessive credit card surcharges

Small business owners now risk substantial fines if they are a caught loading excessive surcharges onto credit and debit card payments. Big businesses have faced penalties since last…

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24 Aug 2017

New threshold for capital gains withholding

As from 1 July 2017, if a foreign resident disposes of Australian real property with a market value of $750,000 or more, the purchaser will be required to…

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22 Aug 2017

Cyber Resilience – Getting resilient

The road to Cyber Resilience starts with a lot of learning. Until now, most organisations have relied on their firewall, anti-virus and email protection, thinking that these were…

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25 Jul 2017

SMSFs – Determing your trustee structure

Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) are attractive for some investors and of course, they do come with additional risks. One thing to be aware of though is that…

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24 Jul 2017

Interest on joint bank accounts

Banks accounts are often held in joint names and sometimes operated by one person for the benefit of another. So who is assessed on the interest earned by…

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23 May 2017

Cyber resilience – When private information gets splashed around the Internet

There has been some very high profile data breaches that have made local and world-wide headlines. These basically involve information, which should be private and confidential, getting out…

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18 Mar 2017

Specialist consulting: Spotlighting everyday business principles

As Specialist Consultants, we get great satisfaction from helping improve the future prospects of our clients. Originally, many of our clients wanted help with costing and pricing. We…

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01 Mar 2017

Inherited a property?

A significant part of a deceased estate is commonly a property. Often, the family will wish the sell the property and split the proceeds accordingly. Apart from the…

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28 Feb 2017

Website expenditure

The ATO recently issued a ruling outlining their view on the deductibility of expenditure incurred in acquiring, developing, maintaining or modifying a website for use in the carrying…

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