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Asset impairment in the spotlight
Asset impairment in the spotlight
Preparers of financial reports should ensure that they provide useful and meaningful information for users. While the quality of financial...
Seven tips for globalising
Seven tips for globalising
Globalisation's impact on SMEs has significant implications for accounting practices, particularly the small- and medium-sized practices (SMPs)...
Connected entities: a double-edged sword
Connected entities: a double-edged sword
The small business capital gains tax (CGT) concessions are notoriously complex, especially when applied to trusts and companies. Where there is...
Who gets the money?
Who gets the money?
So don’t be surprised if one or more of your clients also asks whether they can get help as well. Open most business-related government websites...
Social Climbing
Social Climbing
The acquisition of new clients continues to be a dominant driver of profitability for small and medium practices (SMPs). Indeed, in the latest...
What’s next for our super system?
What’s next for our super system?
Now, management of the nation’s superannuation system has passed into new hands, giving rise to the question, how will funds fare under Treasurer...
Getting clients right on the money
Getting clients right on the money
People who are older, better educated, have good jobs, high incomes and an above-average level of household wealth are odds-on to be...
Brave new world
Brave new world
“These were the days before computers, so I had to work with raw data and statistics!” Working with data for most of her life, it was only...
SMSF pensions, are they really tax-free?
SMSF pensions, are they really tax-free?
One of the greatest misconceptions relating to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), or any superannuation fund for that matter, is that...
Social media marketing may be the key to practice profitability
Social media marketing may be the key to practice profitability
While SMPs understand the importance of improving operational leverage (doing more with less), improving productivity (e.g., changing work...
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