Fish! A powerful parable that will help you love the work you do! November 2, 2012 David Hadley FISH! You may ask what the #!$@ do fish have to do with an accounting firm? Fish is in fact the name of a best selling business book – by Stephen C Lundin Ph.D, Harry Paul and John Christensen – a powerful parable that will help you love the work you do – even if you […] Read More
Federal Government’s Early Budget Changes October 30, 2012 Peter Cramer Last week the Government put out a “Clayton’s” budget – the “mid-year economic and fiscal outlook when you’re not having a budget” budget! There were a couple of proposals that have some relevance and some good news. The good news story is that legislation will be changed to confirm that when a pensioner dies within […] Read More
Did you know… If you’re a Primary Producer you may be eligible for Duty Exemption on a new business vehicle! October 19, 2012 Kerry Schultz Did you know you may be eligible for a motor vehicle duty exemption on the purchase of a new vehicle used solely in the business of primary production within Victoria? Motor vehicle duty is tax payable on applications to register or transfer a vehicle. The amount of duty payable is calculated on the dutiable value of […] Read More
Moving into the Cloud… or not? October 12, 2012 Rohan Brown Moving into the Cloud… or not? I recently read an article detailing how Microsoft are moving to a ‘users pays’ software model with Microsoft 2013 and the advantages and disadvantages of this. The article got me thinking about Microsoft’s other Office offering Office 360 which is a cloud based solution. The information world is changing, […] Read More
How to avoid being ripped off! October 5, 2012 Chris Foster Recently you may have received a letter jointly distributed by Australia Post, ASIC and the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) warning of increased activity by organised criminal groups targeting the savings of Australians through investment fraud. These organised criminal groups are located not only in Australia but around the world. It just so happens that at […] Read More
5 Key Strategies for Estate Planning Evening October 1, 2012 Matt Richardson A couple of nights ago Peter Cramer and I hosted an Estate Planning seminar for our clients. The fantastic thing we are now able to do with these client presentations is provide access to our clients who cannot attend via a webinar service. Clients can dial in at home over the internet to listen in […] Read More
Goal Setting & Happiness September 21, 2012 David Hadley After sitting in on an interesting webinar conducted by Ric Payne of Principa, I felt compelled to share it with you. The webinar was titled “A Goal Setting Workshop” and described how research has shown that happiness is strongly linked to success. Therefore once you are successful you will become happy and content. Everyone though […] Read More
Catching up with our new SMSF Members September 14, 2012 Peter Cramer Today at Green Taylor Partners we held a casual luncheon and information session for Trustees of recently established Self Managed Superannuation Funds. The new Trustees were invited to have lunch with us and take the opportunity to ask any questions about their SMSF or voice any concerns that they may have had. Lots of questions […] Read More
You could lose your Plant or Equipment if it is on another Business’s property!!! September 11, 2012 Kerry Schultz Did you know if you plant or equipment is on another business’s property and they go into receivership you could lose it!?!? If your plant or equipment is on the premises of another business that goes into receivership and you have not registered your interest using the Government’s Personal Property Security Register (PPSR) then it […] Read More
New Changes for Self Managed Superannuation Trustees September 3, 2012 Peter Cramer There have been a couple of changes made to responsibilities and obligations imposed on SMSF Trustees kicking off effectively 7th of August and these are now Law. Let’s have a look at them. Trustees must consider insurance for Fund members as part of the Investment Strategy for an SMSF I think this is a good […] Read More
