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Protecting the innocent
Protecting the innocent
Engaged and capable employees underpin the success of most entities. It is difficult to quantify the precise impact when innocent employees are...
Sticking to the facts
Sticking to the facts
CGT small business concessions loom large in the life of most small business operators who make a capital gain from the sale of business assets....
12 sales trends for 2015
12 sales trends for 2015
TREND 1: Race to the bottom The business environment is now littered with broken companies and suppliers who engaged in a toxic race to the...
Killing the out-of-office message
Killing the out-of-office message
I'm sitting in a Gold Coast hotel room, about to take part in a sales call with four other people. My wife Rachel, 1700 kilometres south in...
From trust to company
From trust to company
In this issue of Public Accountant, the focus is on the future. In the previous issue, | foreshadowed a further look at each of the tools...
What goes up must come down
What goes up must come down
For many firms, prices rose when the carbon tax was introduced in 2012. With the tax gone, businesses should remove any carbon component from...
Changes to contract revenue
Changes to contract revenue
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts Customers has been released by the International Accounting Standards Board and its release by the Australian...
Taxing effects of breaking up
Taxing effects of breaking up
The tax implications of marriage break-ups can be far-reaching. Many practitioners are faced with helping clients through this difficult time,...
Gateway to privacy
Gateway to privacy
I have been working with cloud technologies for more than six years now as a user, an adviser, a public speaker and a reseller. In that time, the...
What a difference an LPR makes
What a difference an LPR makes
At some point, illness, ageing or accident may incapacitate one or more members of an SMSF As a result, they may lose the capability to manage...
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