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Budget – May 2023
On Tuesday, 9 May 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2023-24 Federal Budget, his second Budget, which follows the October 2022 Budget. A Budget surplus of $4.2 billion is forecast in 2022-23, but an underlying cash deficit of $13.9 billion is expected in...
Budget – October 2022
On Tuesday, 25 October 2022, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2022-23 October Federal Budget. The second Budget for this year updates economic forecasts and outlines the new Labor Government's priorities following the May 2022 Federal election. The Budget...
Registering Domain Names
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has reminded small businesses to take urgent action to safeguard their brand and identity on the internet or risk seeing impersonators, web-name ‘campers’ or cyber criminals take up domain names just like...
2022-23 Federal Budget
On Tuesday March 29, 2022, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and the Federal Government handed down the 2022-23 Federal Budget. In an election Budget, the Treasurer announced a range of cost-of-living measures, including a one-off $420 cost of living tax offset for low and...
NSW Business Support 2022
The NSW Government has made announcements regarding additional support packages for NSW Small Businesses in an acknowledgement that many businesses have recently experienced difficult trading conditions with the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The...
Updated information on lockdown support for NSW Businesses and Individuals
For updated information including details on the JobSaver package, please refer to the attached pdf documents: What lock down support is available to business in NSW 29.07.21 What lock down support is available to individuals 29.07.21 Should you have any queries in...
Update on Covid19 – Federal and NSW Government lockdown support for businesses and individuals
For more detailed information on NSW Government / Federal support for both businesses and individuals, please click the link to the attached PDF documents. What lock down support is available - Business NSW 20.7.21 What lock down support is available - Individuals...
Covid19 – Federal and NSW Government lockdown support for business
The NSW Government has released additional details regarding the NSW Small Business Grant soon to be available for businesses impacted by the current lockdowns. The Federal Government has also released a Media Statement outlining additional small and medium business...
2021 Federal Budget Highlights for Business Owners
The Federal Government delivered its 2021/22 Budget on 11 May 2021. In our usual tradition, we’ve developed a “Highlights” summary of the Federal Budget specifically for business owners. Highlights for Business Owners The Temporary Full Expensing measures for...
Purchasing a Business – Part 2
In Part 2 of our Purchasing a Business Blog, we will deal with: 1. Determining the value of a business 2. Conducting negotiations 1. Determining the value of a business One of the most difficult and often subjective parts of purchasing a business is determining a...