Successful Budget for 2021? Advivo Business Advisors and Accountants can help develop your financial plan for the year ahead. The top reason small businesses fail is obvious but all-too-common: they run out of money. As we know, a business cannot operate very long when cash outflow exceeds cash inflow and therefore it’s crucial to budget [...]
You're Invited!Value of Intellectual Property - Brands, Patents, & Trademarks Do you have a brand, a patent or a trademark? Is it protected, defendable or does it have any value? What is the difference between a brand and a trademark? I have invented this great technology that will make me a fortune unless someone else [...]
Enrolments for JobKeeper Extension 2 close 31 January 2021. Eligibility for JobKeeper Extension 2 (with pay periods commencing from 4 January) is based on Employers meeting the turnover test for their most recent turnover period. This is a different period from what was used for JobKeeper Extension 1 and therefore it is essential for employers [...]
Advivo Business Advisors and Accountants look at the best ways to donate to your favourite charities. Donating to charities gives you that warm feeling, and in some circumstances, it can also have the bonus of boosting your tax deductions. However, deciding who to donate to and understanding if you can claim it in your tax [...]
Advivo Business Advisors and Accountants provide insight on the benefits of strategic long-term giving A Private Ancillary Fund (PAF) is a form of charitable trust that can be used for strategic long-term giving. This is a very special type of trust and it offers donors tax deductibility and flexibility in their charitable giving. Private Ancillary [...]
Innovation in Accounting and Business Planning - Event Highlights Thank you to everyone for tuning in with our experts, Trevor Holmes, Managing Director, Advivo Commercialisation Partners; Linda Ginger, Market Strategist; Leon Stephan, Managing Partner, Advivo Accountants and Advisors, at our Lunch & Learn online event, ‘Accelerating Innovation in a New World Economy”. The discussion highlighted [...]
Ensuring Your Superannuation Is Set up Correctly as Part of Your Estate Planning Superannuation is your money and you have worked hard for it, it’s a key investment for your future. Many people don’t realise that super doesn’t automatically form part of your estate and is not automatically included in your will. What you state [...]
Advivo shares what to consider when insuring for your estate. Thorough estate planning involves putting in place strategies that address all aspects of your situation. Estate planning documents (including Wills, Powers of Attorney and insurance and superannuation nominations) are the tools that are used to implement these strategies that are developed as part of the [...]
Advivo explains which entity is best to pay for your life insurance. When it comes to estate planning, life insurance is something to consider and furthermore, what the benefits and drawbacks are of having insurance within your SMSF. Types of insurance SMSFs are allowed to provide: Life cover Total and Permanent Disability Insurance (TPD); and [...]
Advivo Business Advisors and Accountants advise the importance of having an estate plan in place. All too often when we talk to people about estate planning, we hear responses such as: “I don’t have kids” “I set one up years ago” “I don’t have enough assets to create one” “I used a kit I bought [...]