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Watch This If You're Afraid Of Doing Your Taxes
Watch This If You're Afraid Of Doing Your Taxes
Recently, on The Sharon Cliffe Podcast (@sharoncliffe), we talked about the fear of money in business, the fear of the unknown and what you need to do to be more comfortable around your finances.
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5 Things Business Owners Need To Know Before Getting Into Property Development
5 Things Business Owners Need To Know Before Getting Into Property Development
Income tax will be payable on developments that aren't capital, and most developments will be on an income tax basis. So choose your structure wisely: this includes your company trust, and individual name.
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High-Level Structures For Tax Efficient Property Development
High-Level Structures For Tax Efficient Property Development
Here's some high-level things we need to think about when we're approaching the structure of carrying out a development.
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What You Need To Know About Land Tax
What You Need To Know About Land Tax
In terms of the structure; once you've purchased a property, it's usually whoever holds the land will become the seller once you develop it.
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3 Ways To Fund Property Development
3 Ways To Fund Property Development
The way you fund a development varies from client to client. The easiest of it all would be if a client is self-funded. However, because of the cost of land and construction on top of that, usually someone needs funding from a bank or (and what...
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4 Key Points About Development In A Discretionary Trust
4 Key Points About Development In A Discretionary Trust
A discretionary trust is very simple; it's not a very complex trust structure at all.
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What’s The Maximum Number of Unit Holders We Can Have?
What’s The Maximum Number of Unit Holders We Can Have?
That's really up to the trust deed. There might be a maximum before you're starting to consider a managed investment trust, which I think is about 20, and it depends on how much money you've got in the trust as well.
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How Much Money Do You Need To Start An SMSF?
How Much Money Do You Need To Start An SMSF?
There's no black and white number there - it depends on what you want to do with your super, and you also want to make sure it's not a silly financial decision.
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Hired a new employee since 7 October 2020? You could be eligible for $200 per week!
Hired a new employee since 7 October 2020? You could be eligible for $200 per week!
JobMaker Hiring Credit claim has started this month and the aim of this program is to incentivise businesses to hire young job seekers. So if you hired a new employee recently or thinking of hiring a new employee, you could be eligible. Please check...
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Update on JobKeeper 2.2 (JobKeeper 2.0, extension 2)
Update on JobKeeper 2.2 (JobKeeper 2.0, extension 2)
For: 4 January to 28 March 2021
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