Speed Dating with Advivo

A New Interactive (and Fun) Format For Our February Business Seminar We know businesses are confronted & challenged by an enormous range of issues and change. If it isn’t your area of expertise it can be impossible to keep up-to-date. We have decided to shake it up a bit and try a new interactive format…

Harnessing Science & Technology

Harnessing The Power of Science and Technology

The Benefits of Science and Technology Science and technology are often associated with manufacturing and physical jobs, which is generally true, but not always. Using data analytics and scientific methodologies, we are able to rapidly pinpoint high probability opportunities and minimise risk and exposure before a large investment of time and money has been committed…

An Employee Keeps Calling in Sick, What Should I Do?

An Employee Keeps Calling in Sick, What Should I Do?

What To Do When An Employee Keeps Calling in Sick The classic ‘sickie’. It’s part of Australian working folklore, and while most people can honestly admit to ‘chucking’ the occasional sickie, others can stretch the limits of their employers by frequently taking sick days for vague or elusive reasons. In some cases, it can get…

The Power of the ATO Garnishee Notice

What Happens If You Don’t Pay The ATO On Time?

Garnishee Orders: What It Means For You and Your Business The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has several methods of recovering debt and have recently made an appearance in the headlines as they are facing an investigation over their garnishee orders, which appears to have become their preferred avenue and certainly we have seen an increased…

Xero Tips and Tricks

Xero Accountants’ Tricks for Rookies

Xero Tips To Make Your Accounting Task Easier If you are using the Xero software in your business or considering a change to cloud-based software, then you need to keep reading! We understand that running a business can be extreme at the best of times, and the last thing you want to be doing is…

Clearance to sell your house

Have You Got Clearance To Sell Your Home?

Clearance Requirements Before Selling Your House In the market to sell your house? Before you call in the real estate agents and home stylists, you probably know that you’ll need to have a contract of sale handy. Did you know that you may also need to get a capital gains withholding clearance certificate from the ATO?…

CGT - Time the Sale of Your Investment

CGT – Time the Sale of Your Investment

Advantage of Timing The Sale of CGT Assets At a time of the year when we are all focusing on getting our affairs in order and ready for tax time, for those of us who are that organised, we don’t always consider the timing of capital gains tax (CGT) events. If you have recently purchased…