Cognitive Dissonance
We recently engaged a renowned behavioral scientist to assist our management team with a myriad of challenges, some of which even we...
Projects feature in QuickBooks Online
I attended a training session this morning with Intuit Quickbooks Online. For those unfamiliar, Quickbooks online is a cloud based...
Low and Middle Income Tax Offset
In the 2019-20 Federal Budget, the Government announced a little sweetener to look out for when you lodge your income tax return this...
Inspiring interview from Women's World Cup - Well done Marta
I don't know Marta, nor do I follow women's soccer. I was however taken by the interview with Marta that appeared on You Tube which I...
Culture
Culture. What is it exactly. As England and Australia prepare for the world cup match tonight the question of culture has again hit the...
Tax planning - Should we just pay the tax
The late Kerry Packer is often quoted as boldly declaring before Australian Federal Parliament that anyone who doesn't minimize their tax...
Managing Cashflow
Cashflow is a fundamental item for any business, any family and any government to manage. Warren Buffet once said that there seems to be...
Accounting in 2020
Some years ago I attended a PD run by Rob Nixon. At the time Rob was at the forefront of warning accountants that their history was over...
Fun and Games
I received today a letter from the Tax Institute that was sent to the honourable Bill Shorten MP - leader of the ALP. I won't reproduce...
Musings on Leadership
A perennial question that comes up is leadership - what is it and how do we encourage our children to become better at it? I think it is...
Budgeting and benchmarking your business - The Why
It is a cliche to say that you need to conceive to achieve. Setting goals is the first step toward achieving them. Perennial goal...
Is a rate cut imminent
There has been growing speculation around whether the Reserve Bank will cut rates to stimulate growth following a downturn in the housing...
What Now - Banking Royal Commission
In scenes reminiscent of 1 January 2000 in the IT world, the financial world awoke this morning with a feeling of Y2K, what Y2K? The...
Beware Quad Bike Users
Reproduced from National Farmers Federation for safety purposes. A recent district court decision has ruled that quad bikes, without...
What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine.... with a twist
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-21/what-is-mine-is-yours-until-taxes-do-us-part/10726020?section=business This link is fascinating as...
Residential Rental Property depreciation Technical reading
Residential Rental Properties: The New Depreciation Rules Aug 23, 2018 | News, properties, Taxes This one is from Tax Banter and is a...
What is new in 2019
Sourced from abc.net.au From January 1, the 10 per cent tax on tampons and pads will be no longer. The items to be made exempt include:...
Will Government shut downs, Dow Jones reductions and rising US rates matter to the ASX
We hear a lot from the US, from Donald Trump and from the US federal reserve. How much is fact and how much is fiction? From what I...

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