by Peter Towers | Mar 16, 2017 | Latest News
Whilst there is some debate as to the degree that individual accountancy businesses will be affected by changes in the marketplace relating to taxation returns, financial advice and superannuation fund audits, you would be a very brave accountancy business if you...
by Peter Towers | Feb 16, 2017 | Latest News
Australia is lagging the rest of the world in terms of late payments described as the “silent killer of modern business” by the Australian government’s Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell in November 2016. An international study of 30,000 invoices from 80 countries...
by Peter Towers | Jan 19, 2017 | Financial Services
The Australian government has tabled new legislation relating to the authorisation of Crowd-Sourced Funding for Australian businesses. The bill amends the Corporations Act 2001 and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 to facilitate...
by Peter Towers | Dec 20, 2016 | Latest News
On 19 December 2016, the Australian Government announced the decision to close the Industry Skills Fund (ISF) as part of a range of changes to programs through the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). The impact of these changes is that as of 31 December...
by Peter Towers | Dec 15, 2016 | Latest News
I found out the benefits of spending eight hours with directors from small/medium enterprises a couple of weeks ago. It was very educational to listen to the questions and the comments made in the subsequent one hour interviews with each of the directors who...