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Activity statements – what do I need to know?
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Activity statements – what do I need to know?

What are activity statements? Activity statements are issued by the ATO so that businesses can report and pay several tax...

How do you determine what your business strategy and plan should be?
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How do you determine what your business strategy and plan should be?

How do you identify what your successful business should look like? What goals and targets should you set for your...

Director Identification Number
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Director Identification Number

What is a Director Identification Number (director ID) and do I need one? You may have heard about the new rules which require directors...

Opportunity
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Opportunity

There's a growing momentum around opportunity People are starting to think more about how they can improve the ways that...

10 Books for Business Owners
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10 Books for Business Owners

One of the best pieces of advice I received in my early years as an accountant and before starting my...

How to kick-start your small business – 10 ways to convert ideas into action
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How to kick-start your small business – 10 ways to convert ideas into action

You’ve finally got some time to sit back, put your feet up and think about nothing… But it’s a busy,...

Managing change in a small business: Why you need to be proactive – not reactive!
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Managing change in a small business: Why you need to be proactive – not reactive!

Tips on managing change in a small business Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go...

7 steps to build a successful business & join the 39%
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7 steps to build a successful business & join the 39%

Only 39 percent of businesses make a profit. Make sure yours does.   Why is it that only 39 percent...

Business Owners: Help your employees grow your business – not cripple it
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Business Owners: Help your employees grow your business – not cripple it

Whether employees are going to help grow or cripple your business starts with your hiring policy and extends to their...

3 steps to ensure your new year business resolutions stay on track
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3 steps to ensure your new year business resolutions stay on track

How can you ensure your new year business resolutions stay on track? Like any other kind of new year resolution,...

12 things that can go wrong when selecting a business structure
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12 things that can go wrong when selecting a business structure

When selecting a business structure for a small business, there is a cheap way and an expensive way. The cheap...

Get the right small business advice or risk running completely off track…
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Get the right small business advice or risk running completely off track…

Without the right small business advice, you risk running completely off track! There is absolutely no point being more efficient...

Your business, government grants and tax incentives. Are you cashing in?
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Your business, government grants and tax incentives. Are you cashing in?

Thomas Edison once said that “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration”. Unfortunately, going from that inspirational idea...

Business Owners: Are you an entrepreneur? Or just a technician?
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Business Owners: Are you an entrepreneur? Or just a technician?

“You need to work on your business, not just in your business.” Made popular by The E-Myth Revisited author Michael Gerber, it’s advice I’m sure you’ve...

Intellectual Property: Valuing your creative effort
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Intellectual Property: Valuing your creative effort

Is your business making the most of its intangible assets? Intellectual property or IP refers to the products of your...