Are you considering an acquisition to rapidly grow your business and increase wealth? While it can certainly be a smart move, one industry commentator actually said “ahhh.. So this is […]
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Warning – Investing in Private Companies
Over the past few months we have seen a number of investment issues, and we therefore felt that it was timely to publish a reminder of issues that can arise […]
Knowing and Retaining the Value in Your Business
What do large organisations look for when acquiring businesses? Generally large organisations are already profitable businesses. However they generally look to acquire businesses because the acquisition will either increase growth […]
Qantas GST Headache – What is a taxable supply?
GST is only levied on “taxable supplies”. The difficulty in determining what is a taxable supply is illustrated by a recent Qantas case. The case involved $26.5m in forfeited air [...]
How to use the PPSA to protect money you are owed
You should have heard about the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) by now. And if you are a supplier, and you use retention of title arrangements, then hopefully you’ve heard [...]
Overseas jaunts: Tax Office review of conference expenses
Do you ever go on overseas training conferences? How about a seminar on a cruise ship? Take care! The Tax Office is scrutinising claims made for training expenses that seem [...]
The risks lurking in your “inbox”
How many of us have been involved in, or heard about, some sort of email disaster…? An accidental use of REPLY ALL. An unintended REPLY rather than FORWARD. Or even [...]
