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March 31, 2022

Budget 2022: a Budget for the Ballot Box

On Tuesday the Government delivered the 2022 Federal Budget. With the federal election looming, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg argued that the country has “remained resilient and strong” […]
March 31, 2022

Question of the month: contractor vs employee

Whether a worker qualifies as a contractor or an employee is a common source of confusion among small business owners. There are some common misconceptions around […]
March 31, 2022

Have you made the move to General Purpose Financial Statements? If not, here’s what you need to know.

If you have been preparing Special Purpose Financial Statements (SPFS), it’s important to check whether you are impacted by the replacement of these with General Purpose […]
March 31, 2022

The cryptocurrency regulation debate

With cryptocurrency an ever-growing phenomenon, it’s no surprise that some are calling for greater regulation and clarity surrounding the rules (however counterintuitive this may seem considering […]
February 28, 2022

Important changes to ATO policy on discretionary trusts

By David Downie, Partner  28 February 2022 Last Wednesday the ATO released four new pieces of guidance in relation to discretionary (family) trusts that demonstrate a […]
February 27, 2022

Cloud accounting with Xero and its App Marketplace

Anyone who remembers shoving handfuls of business receipts into shoeboxes, or dutifully plugging them away into spreadsheets one by one, has most likely welcomed the age […]
February 10, 2022

NSW Small Business Support in February

As the impacts of the surge in Omicron cases catch up with many small businesses around NSW, the premier announced a Small Business Support package that […]
January 31, 2022

Strategic Planning Tips

By David Downie, Partner Late last year, Mark and I invested the time to attend a strategy retreat for 3 days in Merimbula with the help […]
January 31, 2022

Mark’s recent podcast on investing, ETFs, crypto and more

With Mark Copsey, Director, Allworths Wealth Management  The podcast I was interviewed on at the end of last year covered some of today’s most relevant topics […]
January 30, 2022

NSW Small Business Fees and Charges Rebate

With the recent surge in Omicron cases, Australia is certainly feeling the effects of COVID-19 two years on from its first arrival in Australia. It’s a […]
December 19, 2021

Investing year in review by Mark Copsey

By Mark Copsey, Partner In this final article of the year I thought it would be interesting to share with you some of the investments I […]
November 29, 2021

Announcing our new free resource: the Small Business Playbook 2021

Have you recently launched a new business or started thinking about it? Running a business can be a hugely rewarding and fulfilling experience, but it comes […]
November 29, 2021

Action required: Apply for your Director Identification Number

What is required? As part of a new director requirement, all directors must verify their identity by applying for a unique director identification number. This includes […]
November 29, 2021

A beginner’s guide to investing [Part 4]

If I’d known at 25 what I know now By Mark Copsey, Partner The past three articles in this series have hopefully provided the theory behind investing, […]
October 28, 2021

Louise Gould: A reflection on the past 20 years with Allworths

This month Louise celebrated her 20 year anniversary with Allworths and we congratulated her on this monumental milestone! Feel free to send her a message of […]
October 28, 2021

Online panel video: Thinking like a bigger business with 3 inspiring guest founders

In October Mark Copsey had the opportunity to interview three brilliant young founders of up-and-coming Aussie technology companies: Share with Oscar, a car space sharing marketplace […]
October 28, 2021

A beginner’s guide to investing [Part 3]

The psychology of investing By Mark Copsey, Partner In this third installment of my ‘beginner’s guide to investing’ series, we explore the psychology of making investment […]
October 7, 2021

Anyone can manage their business finances better: attend our upcoming Spark Fest event for “DiY CFOs”

We’re excited to be hosting an upcoming event on October 21 for Spark Festival on “CFO thinking” for startup founders and small business owners. We’ll hear […]
September 28, 2021

A glimpse into the world of livestock sales

By David Costigan, Senior Accountant A number of our farming clients operate cattle and merino sheep studs. For those not familiar with agriculture, studs are farms […]
September 28, 2021

Networking like a pro

By David Downie, Partner I recently joined the Sydney Hills Business Chamber in an effort to develop closer connections with the local community where I live. […]
August 30, 2021

NSW Government COVID relief measures

By David Downie, Partner We are now into the third month of our COVID lockdown in Sydney, with no end date as yet set. The financial […]
August 30, 2021

A beginner’s guide to investing [Part 1]

By Mark Copsey, Director at Allworths Wealth Management   People are investing more, and from a younger age, which is great to see. The ASX Australian […]
August 29, 2021

Keeping business personal during lockdown

Guest post by Charlotte Nairn   For our small business owner friends out there, we wanted to share some innovative marketing ideas we’ve been looking at […]
August 29, 2021

Keeping busy at home with Allworths

As lockdown stretches on our team have come together to share some of our favourite ways to stay happy, healthy and occupied during this time. We’ve […]
July 29, 2021

The Allworths Guide to Doing Business in Australia

By David Downie, Partner For our newsletter readers: we know most of you are based here in Australia but thought this may be of interest to […]
July 29, 2021

2021 Small Business Survival Guide

With the latest round of lockdowns in Australia, many businesses around the country are feeling the continued effects of COVID-19. Many have again been impacted profoundly […]
July 29, 2021

Is there money in trading away pollution?

By Mark Copsey, Partner As the business newspapers like to remind us every few days, the world is “decarbonising”. Some of the largest economies are introducing […]