Hubdoc is like a digital filing cabinet for all your invoices and receipts. But, it’s better than a filing cabinet because you can access it, or send information into this filing cabinet from anywhere in the world. With Hubdoc, you can automatically import all your financial documents & export them into data you can use. … Read more
The long-awaited superannuation guarantee amnesty passed Parliament late last month. Employers who have fallen behind with their SG payments now have 6 months to ‘self-correct’ under the amnesty. But, with the amnesty comes additional penalties if employers fail to take advantage of this one-off opportunity. The Bill containing the one-off superannuation guarantee (SG) amnesty has … Read more
With the bushfire ravaging parts of Australia throughout December and January, the ATO has expanded and extended the relief initially announced in November. Approximately 3.5 million businesses, individuals, and self-managed superannuation funds in identified areas (see the list of affected postcodes) have been granted special concessions and relief by the ATO: An automatic extension until 28 … Read more
Small employers were required to transition to reporting through STP by 30 September 2019. Hundreds of thousands of small businesses are yet to register and are on the ATO’s radar. If any clients who have not yet commenced using STP the ATO has provided some guidance for these taxpayers encouraging them to contact the ATO … Read more
The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely tipped to reduce interest rates again to historic lows. Easton Wealth economist Emmanuel Calligeris explores the impact. Australia and world volatility The ongoing trade war between the US and China has dominated financial market movements recently. The last two trading months have seen increased market volatility. In July, … Read more
When we set out on a fishing trip or hike, we always check the weather forecast. It’s no different in business. The forecast tells us if there’s bad weather (poor cashflow) in store based on the direction we’re heading. Your forecast will tell you: Whether you have enough sales in the pipeline to give you … Read more
Marketing is the be-all and end-all for too many small businesses? We see it all the time and all small businesses are bombarded by the latest and greatest silver bullet to take your business to the “next level”. Unfortunately, it seems all too often the sales teams are great at marketing their products and not … Read more
In the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos became famous for the philosophy he described to shareholders. He called it ‘Day one’. The idea took hold that if the people in an organisation acted like it was day 1 in the job, they were more likely to stay truly focussed on customers, and driven by … Read more
Growing your business and team can be hard, not just the numbers but also to improve the team. Creating a policy around the best what to talk and answer the phone, sounds simple, but it can make a massive difference to the customers experience and how they both start and end the first or last … Read more
With the current climate, rates just keep dropping and continue to look like they may drop again, so deciding the right time is alway hard. There is one thing you should be doing every year, and that is ringing your bank and asking for a discount on your current rate. Each time if you can … Read more
