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July 28, 2022
The ATO has flagged four priority areas this tax season where people are making mistakes. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed its four areas of […]
July 28, 2022
By Mark Copsey, Director at Allworths Wealth Management As the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee I feel compelled to use part of her famous speech given […]
June 29, 2022
By David Downie and Mark Copsey Happy New Financial Year! Last month we focused on year-end tax planning tips. Now, with the financial year coming to a close, […]
May 25, 2022
By David Downie and Mark Copsey Welcome to our special Tax Time edition. With 30 June looming, we would like to share some tax tips […]
April 28, 2022
By David Downie, Partner Back in February we wrote about the recent change in the ATO’s approach to discretionary trusts, in particular where distributions of trust […]
April 28, 2022
With many businesses looking at ways to incentivise and retain employees in the wake of the pandemic and the ‘great resignation’, fringe benefits have become topical […]
April 28, 2022
The short answer is: maybe no one. But it’s an easy fix. A startup or small business is challenging enough in the core work that’s being […]
April 28, 2022
The rise of finfluencers Over the last couple of years, the rise of financial influencers, or ‘finfluencers’, as they have been nicknamed, has continued unabated. Found […]
March 31, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
September 28, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]