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Always Start With The End In Mind
If the business starts burning down, what's your escape plan?
... read moreEvery Three Year SMSF Audits – A Ludicrous About Face
SMSF Auditors now must: be registered with ASIC; be registered with the ATO; have enormous amounts of regular professional updates; and also be audited by their peak professional bodies, such as the Chartered Accountants ANZ and CPA Australia.
... read moreSmall Businesses Do Need Tax Guidance
We’re glad to hear the head of the ATO, Chris Jordan, has come out recently and commented on tax obligations for small business people. It’s very complex, but so important that small business people get it right.
... read moreProperty Investment for Small Business Owners
In small business, a key asset protection strategy is to set up an investment trust outside of your main trading trust.
This investment trust is what buys your investment property.
You need to do this because you cannot have it in your name as the director of the company who is running the business. This is far too risky in a litigious society.
... read moreDeath and Small Business CGT Concessions
They say that two things in life are inevitable – death and taxes. This doesn’t mean that the two have to happen at the same time. Generally where there is a change of ownership in small business, a CGT event is deemed to have occurred which may result in a capital loss or taxable gain. When a person dies, their assets are transferred to their legal personal representative (LPR) or are acquired by a surviving joint tenant, if one exists, and as such the Capital Gains Tax rules apply.
... read moreThe Small Business CGT Exemption After Death
Fortunately for your spouse or children, the assets will still be eligible for the 15 year exemption to the same extent that the deceased would have been just prior to their death.
... read moreSmall Businesses Can Get Into Trouble
Imagine you have put all of your life savings into buying a business. You spend years dedicating your heart and soul towards it. You listen to financial advice and take every measure to do the right things. Still your business is failing. The figures are wrong. It’s heart wrenching. Our advice? Let it go. ASAP.
... read moreIt's All Your Fault - Part 2
I LOST ALL OF MY LIFE SAVINGS. The truth: it was all my fault and I had to take full responsibility because it was small business.
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