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If you’ve now found yourself with parents you need to help, you may be wondering how this will affect your own retirement plans. So, here’s a few things you can do to help both you and your parents improve your chances of retiring comfortably.
What Is Your Business Worth? And Why It Matters
Building a business can be a long, challenging process. One way to assess how you are doing is to VALUE your business… and then try to grow that valuation.
Getting the Most from Your Financial Statements
What Best Practices should you follow when conducting a Financial Review to ensure your decision-making is based on a thorough understanding of your business?
Fixed income: Top 10 things you should know
Fixed income – also known as bonds and credit – is a commonly used type of debt investment. It is a type of ‘asset class’, meaning a category of asset into which an investor can invest. Here are the top 10 things you should know.
Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase from July 2021
The current rate of compulsory Superannuation Guarantee (SG) is due to increase to 10% in July 2021. It has been frozen at 9.5% since July 2014 and there have been many arguments for and against increasing SG contributions from the current rate of 9.5% to 12%.
Economic outlook March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic remains a major feature on the global stage, but indicators suggest that there is economic expansion on the horizon.
What small business needs to know about 1 July STP changes
From 1 July this year, most small businesses will need to be STP compliant. This includes small employers with closely held payees, as well as some micro businesses and seasonal employers.
Super Guarantee increase 1 July
The super guarantee (SG) is scheduled to increase from 9.5% to 10% from 1 July 2021. SG is the minimum super an employer must pay their employees.
2021/22 Federal Budget
Our team is available to assist you to capitalise on any of the Budget measures or minimise your risk. As always, the detail is important so please let us know if we can assist. We’ll keep you up to date as the detail of these measures comes to hand.
Using Human Resource Data to Support Business Decisions
We look at some important HR metrics which help business owners to improve their HR environment and make smarter business decisions.
