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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 […]
July 30, 2018
Our thoughts are with our farming clients who we realise are suffering considerably at the present time. There are a number of limited assistance packages available, […]
August 30, 2018
In a previous blog post, we wrote about the new Notifiable Data Breaches scheme applying to businesses with a turnover of more than $3M from February […]
August 30, 2018
Following our recent client event on Risk in Retirement, we received a number of enquiries in relation to Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and how they operate. ETFs […]
September 24, 2018
Employers and lawyers are warning of potentially huge liabilities and uncertainty for businesses that engage casuals after the Federal Court last month held casual employees who […]
October 30, 2018
By Colleen Hosking, Director of Allworths Assurance & Advisory Last updated: 18/02/21 At Allworths Assurance & Advisory, we work with SMEs and large enterprises to provide […]
October 30, 2018
By Mark Copsey, Partner This month, Dave Costigan and I visited farming clients Norman and Pip Smith of Glenwood Merinos just outside Wellington NSW to […]
November 28, 2018
In a recent blog post, we noted the finding of the Full Federal Court that a casual employee was entitled to the leave benefits of a […]
November 28, 2018
Following on from announcements made in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Federal Budgets, Treasury has released a consultation paper that explains significant proposed changes to the ‘Division […]
January 29, 2019
By Mark Copsey, Partner at Allworths and Director at Allworths Wealth Management Eating breakfast on my balcony, I watch the people down below – walking by […]