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• Restructuring Family Businesses: From Partnership to Limited Company
  Family businesses form the backbone of the Australian economy, with many starting as simple partnerships before evolving into more complex structures
• Choose the right business structure step-by-step guide
  Take out the guesswork out of choosing the right structure for your business
• ATO’s holiday home owner tax changes spur taxpayers to be ‘wary and proactive’
  Following on from the Tax Office’s move to refresh its approach to rental property tax deductions, tax advisers are warning holiday home owners to be wary of the coming changes.
• Payday Super part 1: understanding the new law
  Passage of the Payday Super reforms by parliament this week has cleared the way for employee superannuation to be paid by employers more frequently. In the first of a two-part series, this article explains the myriad elements of the new law.
• A refresher on Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge.
  The Medicare levy’s a compulsory charge of 2% on taxable income, which helps fund Australia’s public healthcare system.
• Protecting yourself from misinformation
  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has observed websites attempting to harvest personal information such as Tax File Numbers, identity details and myGov login credentials under the guise of providing “super advice”.
• Super gender gap slowly narrows
  The latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX) for the September quarter has shown the superannuation gender gap is closing, with true parity between men and women now predicted to be achieved in a more rapid timeframe.
• Countries with the largest collection or eucalyptus trees
  Check out the countries that have started to grow their eucalyptus tree stocks
• Benchmarks for small business
  One gap when owning and operating a small business is to get a feel for how you are doing compared to your peers.
• Right to Disconnect
  From August 26 2024, Australian workers have a legal right to disconnect from the workplace outside of working hours.
• There’s $18.9 billion in lost and unclaimed super - some may belong to you
  If you can’t account for the amount of super you feel you have earned during your work-life then it could be in this huge amount.
• Small businesses remain optimistic despite high stress, report reveals
  Despite one in four (25 per cent) small businesses reporting use of personal savings to stay afloat, close to one in two (45 per cent) of these businesses anticipate that customer demand will improve over the next year, research has shown.
• Tax and your child’s money: what parents need to know including TFNs
  As a parent or guardian, it’s essential to understand how tax applies to your child’s money.
• How to declare minor children’s income
  This depends on who the Australian Taxation Office considers the owner of the income
• Net cash flow tax: What is it and what will it mean for SMEs?
  As differing opinions circulate at the top end of town about the potential impacts of a net cash flow tax, its effect on SMEs could add to their daily struggle in the current regulatory environment.