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- What is changing with your Superannuation Transfer Balance Cap on 1 July 2021?
- Small Business Insolvency Reforms
- Getting ready for General Purpose Financial Statements
- Are you subject to US tax? The answer might surprise you
- Choosing a Structure in a Foreign Country depends on the after-tax result in the Australian Investor’s hands. Here’s why!
- Service of the Month – International Tax
- Safe Harbour protection has lapsed! What are your options now?
- Are you treating your long-term construction contracts correctly for tax purposes?
- Our new employees
- S&W WEALTH is about to arrive!
- Another SCAM ALERT – Don’t be caught out like our client was!
- How do I know if I have carry forward concessional contributions to use this year?
- No more special purpose financial reports – SME’s will now have some new rules to follow!
- Goodbye 2020!
- S&W Celebrations
- COVID-19 Insolvent Trading Safe Harbour Protection
- Does your Family Trust own, or plan to own residential property? If so URGENT action is needed!
- The aftermath of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, A year of so much change, except for SMSFs
- To tax consolidate or not!
- S&W Celebrations
October 2020 Newsletter – Special Budget Edition
- Business Tax
- Personal Tax
- JobMaker Hire Credits
- Other Business and Tax Issues
- Jobkeeper Upcoming Key Dates
- My SMSF owns property and it’s affected by COVID-19 – what should I do?
- Tax Incentives for Early Stage Investors
- Time to return to the office!
- Jobkeeper Extension – new rules and urgent tasks to attend to
- SMSFs – a new financial year in COVID-19 times
- Super Amnesty end 7 September
- $3,000 grants for small businesses
- COVID-19 Stimulus Packages – Important Dates & Updates
- Removal of main residence exemption for foreign residents – Reminder
- 2020 End of Financial Year (EOFY) considerations for your SMSF
- Last Minute Tax Tips for Individuals
- Jobkeeper – FAQs
- Self Managed Superannuation Funds & COVID-19 Measures
- BE WARNED – The scammers are still rife!
- Business Tax Planning – Year End. What you should do before 30 June!
April 2020 Newsletter – Special COVID-19 Edition
- Jobkeeper – The tricks involved in the Turnover Test
- Are you having trouble paying or receiving your commercial rent due to COVID-19
- Jobkeeper Payment – Your questions answered
- How we can help at a time like this!
- Our 50 year comes to a close
- Do you provide services to your SMSF?
- Do you have a family trust with residential property in it?
- Does salary sacrificing super affect your employer SGC responsibilities?
- 2019, it’s a wrap!
October/November 2019 Newsletter
- Single Touch Payroll – The final reminder before starts happening!
- Removal of main residence exemption for foreign and temporary residents – update
- Employers should be careful that you are not contributing to an invalid SMSF!
- When did you last review your SMSF’s investment strategy?
- The S&W Social Scene
- Single Touch Payroll – The final reminder before starts happening!
- From 1 July 2019 your insurance cover in your superfund maybe changing!
- It is even more important to get the PAYG withholding right now! Changes from 1 July 2019!
- Industries with new reporting requirements – road freight, IT and securities industries
- S&W have moved back to the 1st floor
- ATO Current Targets
- Reporting threshold doubled for large proprietary companies
- Now the Coalition has settled in what tax policies are relevant?
- The Coalition wins a third term – what happens with superannuation now the dust has settled?
- FBT season again – what to watch out for with motor vehicles and entertainment!
- Should you have different trustees for different trusts?
- Why certainty is uncertain – capitalising on the superannuation rules whilst you can
- Superannuation guarantee contributions amnesty – an update
- Single touch payroll (STP) reporting for small business – are you ready?
- The “Triple Whammy” account standards are here… are you ready?
- Are you a foreign resident with an Australian property? Confusion still reigns!
- 50 Years of Stanley and Williamson
- When should you have a shareholder’s agreement in addition to the company’s constitution?
- Are you selling a property in Australia?
- Why “simple” super questions don’t always result in simple answers!
- What is a shadow director?
- 50 Years of Stanley & Williamson
- Don’t get scammed over the holiday season!
- Superannuation guarantee amnesty
- How long do I have to keep my business records?
- 2018 SMSF re-cap what you should already know
- Franking credits should labour win the next election
- ATO uses data matching to crack down on share income, capital gains
- Transfer balance account reporting (“tbar”) – why real time reporting is key
- How to improve your business using xero – the business performance dashboard
September/October 2018 Newsletter
- Can my SMSF purchase a residential property from my brother?
- Cyber Attacks – How to protect yourself and what you have to do if you have one!
- Is that ute or dual cab really exempt from FBT?
- Xero Updates – what else can you do?
- SMSF – Have you considered what you will do if an unexpected event occurs?
- Directors now protected from insolvent trading
- How to make sure you make the right decision when acquiring that business!
- What benefits can you provide to employees that will save tax?
- Superannuation Changes – what is and what isn’t effective from 1st July 2018
- Staff and Job Management – Add-ons for Xero
- Another ATO Crackdown
- Trust Vesting
- Year End Tax Planning – make sure you don’t miss the boat!
- Year End Tax Planning – what does your SMSF administrator need to know?
- Single touch payroll comes in on 1st July!
- Superannuation guarantee contributions amnesty
- Federal Budget 2018
- Xero – What it can do in relation to online payment!
- What was in the budget that relates to your superannuation fund?
- Why is it important to have a Business Forecast?
- Trust income distribution – year end planning
- Is your succession plan in place?
- Audit, Assurance and Related Services at S&W
- Removal of main residence exemption for foreign and temporary residents – it doesn’t look good
- Transition to retirement income streams (“tris”) – what happens to my tris when I die?
- Family Trusts – how to use for asset protection
- Tax issues for cryptocurrencies
- Transition to retirement income streams (“tris”) – once a tris always a tris
- Zero news and addons
- Audit, Assurance, or something in between?
- Can I buy cryptocurrencies in my self-managed super fund?
- More tax savings for small business
- Are you in the building and construction industry?
- New Partner at S&W – Kamal Thakkar
- Tax Office Targets Rental Properties
- What happens if a director incorrectly signs a contract?
- Does your family trust include foreign beneficiaries?
- Simple super now super complicated
- The S&W Crew – New Team Member – Leanne Cooper
- Single touch payroll is coming – are you ready?
- I’m an ex-pat, what can i do with my superannuation?
- Client Portal
- Can a director be personally liable for ATO debts?
- What is the threshold to be able to access the various small business tax concessions?
- Rental property travel deductions are now denied!
- How to ensure those Christmas gifts and events don’t cost you too much in tax!
- Why should I make a family trust election?
- What do I have to do if I employ staff?
- When can I access my super?
- How long do I have to keep my tax records for?
- New Super Laws and Real0Time Reporting
- Rental property deductions you can’t claim anymore!
- The scammers are very active at the moment!
- Will renting out your home on airbnb or stayz cause any tax ramifications now or when you sell?
- Use of social media can open you up to a tax audit
- Are director’s loan accounts safe?
- Common bankruptcy myths
- Reward structure for staff
- ATO spammers are rife!
- Work related expense deductions under ATO scrutiny
- Crowd sourced equity funding
- Superannuation from 1 July – The new frontier
- What can you do if an ex-employee steals confidential information?
- Reminder – Do you have business tax debts?
- Look before you leap – Super changes from 1 July 2017
- Simpler Business Activity Statements (BAS)
- Trust beneficiaries – Financial details reporting requirements from 1 July 2017
- Our Client Portal – Safer, quicker and greener
- What does the budget mean to superannuation?
- Are you planning to sell your business in the next 5 years?
- Federal Budget – The other budget announcements
- Year end tax planning – what does your SMSF administrator need to know?
- Share transfer vs Share buy back – What’s the difference?
- How to access invaluable financial information about your competitors
- Part 4 – Super changes from 1 July – I want to trigger my 3 year bring forward NCC cap
- Frequently asked questions re family trust distribution – part 1
- Helpful App to track your deductions
- Accessing your super – special circumstances
- Part 2 – Interaction of the $1.6m pension transfer cap and death benefits payments
- Using Family Trusts to stream to save tax
- ATO to report business tax debts to credit reporting bureaus
- SMSF properties – what can and cannot be done to them?
- Part 2 – Are you ready for the 1 July super changes?
- Does your business need capital injection – tax incentives for early stage investors
- Are you ready for the 1 July super changes?
- Aged pension changes from 1 January 2017
- Foreign person and land tax surcharge problem in family trust
- NSW property surcharge on Discretionary Trusts
- Superannuation changes from 1 July 2017 – the law has passed!
- How to plan the sale of your business to ensure that you access the CGT small business concessions
- Tips for foreign exchange payments and risk
- The $1.6million Transfer Balance Cap explained
- Case study of a successful client
- 2016 Federal Budget Superannuation reforms – the next steps
- Lease incentives – which is best?
- Buy-sell agreements – what are they and what are the benefits?
- Do you have an unwanted family trust?
- 2016 Federal Budget and Superannuation – where are we at now?
- Five types of asset finance and how they could help your business
- Technology changes at Stanley & Williamson
- ATO Crackdowns
- Using online accounting software to help run your business better
- Going into pension mode – the pros and the cons
- Four of the most common business mistakes made by small businesses (and how to avoid them)
- Download our new Accounting and Tax app
- Should your family Trust have a Corporate or an Individual Trustee?
- The importance of keeping SMSF assets separate
- Superannuation year end planning
- Employee or Contractor?
- Businesses can benefit from better understanding their numbers
- Budget measures for small businesses
- Tax planning – what to do pre 30 June
- What does the budget mean for Superannuation
- Foreign income and the aftermath of Project DO IT
- Consider your superannuation before the 3 May Budget and 30 June 2016
- FBT update and lodgement reminder
- Cash is King
- Delegation tips to make your life easier
- Business names versus domain names versus trade marks
- Have you really met the work test or retirement definitions?
- SMSF advice from your accountant after 1 July 2016
- Scam phone calls from the ‘ATO’
- Reversionary Pensions V Non-Reversionary Pensions
- Director Penalties – Could you be liable?
- Testamentary Trusts – Should I have one?
- Land values have increased – Beware!
- Time to review your business structure
- Don’t forget the write off concessions of assets below $20,000
- XERO tips and tricks
- Is your Death Benefit Nomination worded correctly? Now is the time to check
- Have you registered for land tax?
- How a home loan offset account can save you tax
- Pension payments – am I taking enough? Can I withdraw more?
- Foreign buyer crackdown
- Insurance cover – should it be held inside or outside of super?
- What to consider when buying a car for business use
- Does your business need help to export?
- Christmas gifts and parties – how do you treat them?
- Why you need a good bookkeeper
- Can I transfer listed shares in my name to my SMSF?
- Share trading versus share investing
- What type of insurance should your business have?
- Are you eligible for concessions for employing new staff?
- The ATO is chasing outstanding debts
- Super contributions – are you paying too much or not enough?
- What Capital Gains Tax will my family pay once I’m gone?
- Does SuperStream apply to SMSFs?
- How to save GST on the sale of a property using the margin scheme
- Banks tighten up on investment loans
- Scams – is it really the ATO calling?
- Can you stop ex-employees stealing your business?
- New Employee Share Scheme rulings
- What not to claim
- Should I do a Death Benefit Nomination
- Last minute tax tips
- Superannuation – what to do before 30 June
- How to spot a scam
- Life insurance held by an SMSF for a buy-sell agreement
- What to beware of in a hot property market
- Interest rates – How low can they go?
- How you could end up paying more stamp duty on your commercial property
- Earnout arrangements on selling your business – finally some guidance from the ATO?
- Pre-budget planning – should you make your contributions before 12 May?
- Are you subject to US tax? The answer might surprose you
- Update your Will
- Should you switch to Xero?
- Relationship breakdown – tax trap
- Those Swiss Bank Accounts will now be exposed
- Binding Death Benefit Nominations
- FBT Planning for the 31 March year end
- Update on S&W and our clients – including baby news!
- Internet fraud in action
- SuperStream – effective from 1 July 2015
- Financial help for businesses
- What are phantom shares?
- Do you have assets or income overseas that the tax office don’t know about? – ATO amnesty about to finish!
- Plan your business sale early to maximise your after tax return
- Issues to consider when setting up a business overseas
- S&W staff Christmas party
- Retirement planning
- Christmas gifts & events
- The need for budgets and cashflow forecasting
- Can a superfund use assets to pay benefits?
- Can a self-managed superannuation fund invest in a private company?
- Employee share scheme proposed changes
- Which structure is best for you? – Partnership of family trusts
- Why do you need audit insurance?
- Impact of mining tax repeal on small businesses
- Cyber-attacks – What can happen if you open that spam email!
- International Investments – can your SMSF buy an overseas property?
- Which structure is best for you? – Partnerships
- Saving tax on superannuation upon death
- What can your SMSF invest in?
- Which structure is best for you? – Unit Trusts
- Employee Share Schemes – changes are coming
- Australian Government grants & assistance
- Testamentary trusts – what are they?
- Which structure is best for you? – Discretionary trusts
- ATO’s ceasing to issue paper Activity Statements
International
Newsletters
December 2020 International Newsletter
- COVID-19 in Australia
- Corporate Tax Residency Update
- Choosing a structure in foreign country on after tax results in the Australian investor’s hands. Here why!
- A message from our Managing Director – Michael Goodrick
September 2018 International Newsletter
- Do you own property in Australia?
- Is your company resident in Australia?
- Changes in tax residency rules for individuals
- Implementation of the oecd hybrid mismatch rules
November 2017 International Newsletter
- Removal of CGT main residence exemption for foreign residents
- Country by Country CBC)
- Tax residence in Australia and working holiday makers
- Tax residence of companies
- Company tax rate reduction
- S&W welcomes Kamal Thakkar
May 2017 International Newsletter
- Simplified transfer pricing record keeping options
- Amendments to transfer pricing guidelines
- New and bigger tax penalties to large multinationals
- GST on digital supplies to consumers
December 2016 International Newsletter
- Diverted Profits Tax
- ATO systems outages
- Working holidays in Australia
- New German tax treaty
- Residency assumption and capital gains of a foreign Trust
- Exchange of information with foreign revenue authorities
September 2016 International Newsletter
- Transfer pricing update
- Taxpayer Alerts
- Foreign resident Capital Gains Tax Withholding regime
- Foreign purchase surcharge
April 2016 International Newsletter
- Tax transparency measures
- Penalties for foreign investors
- Capital Gains Tax withholding regime
- Simplifying transfer pricing record keeping
November 2015 International Newsletter
- Transfer pricing – Chevron case
- GST on digital products
- Australian Business Numbers
April 2015 International Newsletter
- Simplifying transfer pricing record keeping
- CGT rules for non-residents
- In the news
- Doing business in Australia
December 2014 International newsletter
- Doing business in Australia
- Popular press on taxation of multinationals in Australia
- Project DO IT – ATO Amnesty for disclosure of offshore income
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