Article updated April 2022. For many of us, COVID-19 saw us switching to at-home working arrangements almost overnight and many of us continue to do so. If you or your staff are entitled to claim work from home expenses, it is important to understand how to calculate eligible expenses to claim a deduction at tax […]
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The JobMaker Hiring Credit is an incentive for eligible businesses to employee additional eligible young (16 to 35-year-old) job seekers. Am I an eligible business? To be eligible to receive the JobMaker hiring credit, you need to: Be an ABN holder Ensure you tax lodgements are updated Be registered for PAYG Be reporting through Single
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Many of us will be happy to put 2020 behind us and embrace a fresh new year. Along with New Year’s resolutions comes a raft of new rules, regulations, taxes and some benefits you need to know about. Here are all the changes coming in 2021. JOBKEEPER TO BE AXED JobKeeper, the economic stimulus to
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As New Year resolution time rolls around, spare a thought for your business, because every business can benefit from a few resolutions of its own. Here are a few ideas that any business can build some New Year resolutions around. Make sure you have an up to date business plan. Many business plans sit gathering
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When it comes to applying to finance your first commercial property loan, there are different options you need to be aware of. Some investors choose to obtain a commercial loan by dealing directly with a bank, while others choose to engage the expertise of a broker to secure the best deal. Before deciding which path to choose,
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From Michelle: During this different year, some things remained the same. Our friends and clients welcomed new babies into the world. Young adults graduated school and university. Our family and our clients lost others to both expected and unexpected death. One of our clients, Toni Powell, storyteller, author and workplace cultural transformer, speaks to us
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The year has greatly changed the way we live and shone a light on the importance of looking after your mental health in a pandemic. To help keep us safe, it is likely that changes made to how we live our lives will remain for a while. If your business has taken a hit this
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The pandemic has paved the way for a number of sluggish digital trends, many of which have changed the way small business does business forever. So which trends will have staying power and are suddenly on every small-business owner’s to-do list? We discuss five digital trends for small business that have appeared or been accelerated
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It’s one of the most significant initiatives for businesses in the 2020/21 federal budget, so how will the significant $27 billion asset write-off scheme work in practice? In this month’s budget, the Treasurer announced that almost all Australian businesses will be able to write-off the full value of all new assets purchased over the next
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