I recently attended a breakfast presented by Guy Russo, the former MD of McDonalds (who started working in one of their stores as a teenager) and who is now the CEO of Kmart. During his presentation, his standout points were:
The Commissioner of Taxation, Chris Jordan, announced on 27 March 2014 that the Australian Tax Office (“ATO”) has launched Project Do It, a new initiative designed to encourage individuals and companies with undisclosed offshore income to come forward and clean the slate.
Below are 10 actions business owners need to take prior to 30 June to reduce their tax bill;
I attended a Mindshop Facilitator full day training program today and was exposed to some powerful research that Mindshop founder Chris Mason had gathered during his 8 year PhD on this subject. It is widely known in business circles that only 30% of change projects succeed. The research conducted by Chris Mason was centered around …
The start of the new financial year brings with it a change to the Super Fund Contribution Caps, increasing the annual contributions you can make to super. These updated caps can help you: – minimise tax – keep salary sacrifice arrangements up to date – maximise the wealth held in your super fund
Her biggest regret – not letting go of people earlier that were not the right people to be on the bus Her excitement about change – you need to embrace, welcome and get excited about change – technology players including facebook and google are challenging the banks – the bank needs to be innovative, quick, …
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This is a great article which I have shared with many clients about the importance between delivery and discovery. The challenge for most businesses is they do not make enough time for discovery – this is ultimate the source of the sustainable competitive advantage.
I was recently reading the ‘Acuity’ Magazine which is the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants magazine and there was an there was a reference to recent survey highlighting how important the digital revolution will be over the next 12 months to consumer goods and retail companies. The survey conducted by Consumer Goods …
Are you ready for the ATO’s changes that require electronic lodgement of Activity Statements? From 1 July 2014, once the ATO receives an electronic lodgement of a Business Activity Statement or Instalment Activity Statement they will no longer send the paper statements. Future statements will be issued electronically. Electronic lodgement includes through the following …
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Superannuation is now commonly the most significant asset of an individual after the main residence and as a result is increasingly important when putting together a tax effective estate plan. What is not commonly known is that superannuation interests do not automatically fall under the individual estate assets on death and therefore do not automatically …
