Deciding to purchase a car is a big decision. While there are different options and pros and cons associated each, you must consider your circumstances before making a commitment. While most consider the financial factors, it’s important to also consider why your business is purchasing the asset and how long you intend to keep it. Finance and Purchasing The pros … Read More
A step-by-step guide to activating your ATO Business Portal
As the ATO moves to become digitalised, businesses can now access the ATO’s Business Portal. The Business Portal is a safe, secure website where you can manage your business tax affairs to: View past and yet to be lodged Business Activity Statements (BAS); view your statement of account and payment options; request a refund or transfer of funds between accounts; … Read More
Spotlight on: Super strategies for employees
As an employee, salary-sacrificing superannuation, by making before-tax super contributions, is a popular strategy for middle-to-high income earners. Salary sacrificed superannuation contributions under an effective salary sacrifice arrangement are not considered to be fringe benefits and can be a tax effective strategy for increasing personal and retirement wealth. The general principle behind salary-sacrificing into super is to increase your superannuation … Read More
Spotlight on Super: Strategies for business owners
With business expenses piling up around you, it’s easy to leave your own super contributions last on the list. While it’s law for you to pay the 9.5% of salary, superannuation guarantee for your employees, many small business owners fail to contribute the same amount (if any) to their own. New financial year. New Super strategy. According to the Association … Read More
EOFY TO DOS: How to prepare an employee payment summary
Under pay as you go (PAYG) withholding, you must give each of your employees a payment summary showing the payments you have made to them and the amounts you withheld from those payments during a financial year. Preparing your employee payment summaries in Xero If you’re on Xero, providing your employees with their payment summaries and submitting them to the … Read More
Integrate these 3 apps for business harmony
There’s nothing better than saving time (and therefore money) with clever technology. But sometimes, we adopt so much technology that it can have the opposite effect. Instead of saving time and money, it can create inefficiency and confusion in the business. Technology should supercharge your business life and not complicate it. So over the coming months, we’ll showcase a range … Read More
Company funds Vs. Personal funds: withdrawing money the right way
Many newly incorporated companies that have previously been sole traders find it difficult to distinguish between company money and personal money. As a company director, you’re entitled to receive some form of income such as a salary. However, unlike a sole trader you can’t simply withdraw money whenever you like and use it for personal expenses. This is in … Read More
BUDGET 2016/17: A Budget Of Targets
As the Treasurer foreshadowed, this is a budget of targets – a big, long-term crafted budget designed to give enough pre-election glow but with structural measures to reign in spending and reduce concessions. Highlights included: Company tax rate reduced to 25% over 10 years Increase in tax discount for unincorporated small business to 16% over 10 years Small business entity threshold increase … Read More
How the wrong business structure can cost you millions
Getting the right business structure in place is one of the most important business decisions you can make throughout your business lifecycle. Unfortunately, without the right business advice it can be an easy mistake to get your business structuring wrong. Aside from causing operational pain, the wrong business structure can literally cost hundreds of thousands of dollars over the … Read More
Cash flow Vs. Profit: Is there a difference?
Commonly, the relationship between profit and cash flow are confused. Many small business owners don’t understand the distinction between “profitability” (as presented on a Profit & Loss report) and the true health of the business from a cash flow perspective. The true meaning (put simply) It is essential for business owners to understand what profit means and why it … Read More