Understanding Payroll Tax

Payroll tax is an important consideration for medium and large businesses, both in preparing their tax returns and planning for staffing costs. This article presents a brief overview of payroll tax in Australia, useful for new or expanding businesses paying the tax for the first time. We can also help you reduce your tax bill.

Understanding the "Superannuation Downsizer"

Faced with a housing shortage, governments have recently taken efforts for encourage older citizens to downsize from family homes they no longer need once their kids have moved out. But most aren’t doing so - current pensions rules encourage seniors to maintain large homes or be disadvantaged under the assets test -  so recent changes to superannuation rules will give some advantages to downsizers

Building a Virtual Brand

Building a Virtual Brand

To help small business combat the scourge of bad web design, I met with Len Printz, owner of Sky Sytes, a web solutions company specializing brand development and web design for small and medium sized businesses to get his take on what small business is doing wrong and simple steps they can take to build a web site that enhances their brand.

Developing a New Product Brief

Developing a New Product Brief

Preparing a product brief can help to gather concepts and strategically plan for how the business will manufacture, promote, and distribute a new product line. A well thought out brief can also save your business thousands or even millions in bad or poorly managed product launches by helping you to fully articulate your ideas and gain much-needed buy-in from key stakeholders.