by Alex Zhou | 04/09/2020 | Financials, Start-Ups
As coronavirus has changed the way we work and live, and how Australian small businesses operate. I have revisit this post originally posted in 2016 comparing the most popular payment solutions for small businesses. Time flies, it has been more than 4 years since, the...
by Alex Zhou | 23/07/2020 | Accounting, Business Tax Return
The future of JobKeeper Between April to May 2020, JobKeeper was taken up by 920,000 organisations and around 3.5 million individuals – 30% of pre-Coronavirus private sector employment. On 21 July 2020, the Government announced an extension of the JobKeeper program to...
by Alex Zhou | 05/06/2020 | Individual Tax Return
The Government has announced grants of $25,000 to encourage people to build a new home or substantially renovate their existing home. The HomeBuilder scheme targets the residential construction market by providing tax-free grants of $25,000 to eligible...
by Alex Zhou | 26/05/2020 | Individual Tax Return
2019-20 has been an unusual year. This year, more than ever, we want to ensure that we help you reduce your tax exposure and minimise the risk of an audit by the regulators. This end of financial year update outlines the actions to take to do exactly that. We want to...
by Alex Zhou | 12/07/2019 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Business Tax Return, Financials
When you work effectively with any supplier, consultant or service provider you naturally get more ‘bang’ for your buck. Your accountant is no different. With our decades of experience, we’ve seen it all. Yes, even the good old fashioned ‘show box’. As qualified...
by Alex Zhou | 04/06/2019 | Accounting
As a qualified and experienced Accountant, we really understand the importance (and differences) of each of the accounting structures a business can setup under. All entities’ types are definitely not the same and we hope this clears up some uncertainty around...
by Alex Zhou | 08/05/2019 | Accounting
I know many of you are wondering where that first half of the year went. Already we are approaching the end of financial year and everything that involves it. I wanted to get in early with this article to give you as much time as possible to prepare. We do see some...
by Alex Zhou | 08/04/2019 | Financials
Well, the Federal Budget was handed down on Tuesday night 2nd April – about a month or so earlier than the usual May date. As we are a Melbourne accounting firm, I’ll focus on the impacts particularly for Victoria and to business and tax payers generally. Prime...
by Alex Zhou | 09/03/2018 | Accounting
If a Bill currently before Parliament passes, from 1 July 2018, purchasers of new residential premises or new residential subdivisions will need to remit the GST on the purchase price directly to the ATO as part of the settlement process. This is a significant change...
by Alex Zhou | 05/03/2018 | Business Marketing, Start-Ups
Did a Kardashian really just wipe US $1.3bn off the share price of Snapchat? A tweet from Kylie Jenner saying “sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad” is being credited as the catalyst for an 8% drop in Snap Inc’s share...