Taxation
MONEY
Cash splash: 12 ways to beat the taxman
Annette Sampson Another financial year done and dusted. Well, almost. With a little more than four weeks to go until June 30, it is high time to get in some last-minute tax planning.
Finance
Taxing times - how to prepare your business
Christopher Niesche With the end of financial year fast approaching, it’s time for small businesses to start getting their tax in order and gearing up to take advantage of some law changes coming into force in the new...
Is your accountant worth keeping?
Max Newnham The new financial year is a good chance to review your business, including the work of your accountant.
BUSINESS MAXIMS
A question of profits
Business Maxims Operating a business through a company can be a great idea when starting out. But the tax benefit can be outweighed when profits have built up.
Big rise in business failure rate
Clancy Yeates The number of corporate insolvencies has surged to its highest level in more than a decade.
Can't pay the ATO? Don't do a runner
Max Newnham Often the first financial commitments that cash-strapped businesses ignore are payments due to the tax office.
Business calls for Henry reform progress
Business groups have called for the federal government's tax forum to be based on the Henry review recommendations rather than start from scratch.
ATO issues? Just ask small business
Henrietta Cook Small businesses welcomed a review of the Australian Taxation Office's cash-economy benchmarks.
Business Maxims
Avoiding the please-explain on GST
Business Maxims Max Newnham answers your tax questions.
Business Maxims
Not meeting super obligations can be an expensive mistake
Max Newnham Businesses who fail to pay their employees' superannuation properly face a raft of penalties and risk attracting the notice of the Fair Work Ombudsman.
