You’d have to be living under a rock this week, not to have heard about the Henry Tax review and the Rudd government’s response. Business commentators and agencies are in full swing passing judgement on a raft of issues.
Small business supplying the mining industry will be hit hardest by the Henry Tax Review with the Rudd Government’s ‘Super Profit Tax’, particularly sub-contractors to mines operating as sole traders.
The Henry Tax Review, including the Government’s response, has not gained an enthusiastic response from accountants.
The Henry Tax Review signals big returns for small businesses, with cuts to company tax and long overdue changes to depreciation write off thresholds.
The Senate inquiry into the ability of SMEs to access finance began this week after an increasing number of small businesses have complained about the lack of access to financing.
Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises are yet to take full advantage of the social media boom by using social networking as a means to promote their business.
A seminar in Brisbane today will provide small and medium sized businesses with advice from the experts on how they can protect their valuable brands by using Australia’s trade mark system.
We recently ran a survey with small business owners and we discovered that over 90% of business owners don’t keep a record of the day to day running of their business or use a diary system to track appointments or tasks they want to get gone. As someone once said to me “if it isn’t […]
Small businesses finding it difficult to attain finance can expect assistance from the Federal Government, says Minister for Small Business Craig Emerson following a roundtable discussion between banks and business groups late last week. If an SME has had an application for credit refused by a financial institution, they will have a second chance to […]
A lot of people imagine being a magazine editor is all glamour and freebies. Maybe if you work for Vogue or Madison, but not so much on Dynamic Business, sadly! Today, however, has been different. Because today, dear reader, I came back to the office to find a bottle of wine on my desk. This […]
