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Confused About the July 2025 Wages and Super Changes? Here's What You Need to Know
Confused about when the new super rate, minimum wage and award increases kick in? You're not alone—and there's a lot of misinformation out there. We've broken it down simply so you can stay compliant and avoid costly mistakes. Read More…
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💸 How to Minimise Your Personal Tax in 2025: A Friendly Guide for Employees
💡 Want to pay less tax this year? Our latest blog breaks down simple, smart strategies to help Australian employees legally reduce their tax bill before 30 June 2025. From super tips to work-from-home claims—it's all here! Read More…
How Can I Save on Income Tax in 2025?
What Tax Planning is and how it can help reduce your income tax and help with achieving your financial goals. Read More…
Do We Need to Pay our Staff if We Shutdown During a Natural Disaster?
Natural Disasters can be a scary and confusing time, causing devastation to businesses, individuals and communities. If you have opted to shut down your business during a Natural Disaster, you need to check if you are required to pay your staff. Read More…
Attention Small Business Owners: New Wage Compliance Laws Are Now in Effect
Did you as a small business owner (less than 15 employees) know that from 1st January 2025 – it is a criminal offence if you intentionally underpay staff.The ATO have issued the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code and Fair Work have published a guide that sets out the code and offers practical advice and tools. Read More…
A New Year, A New Challenge: Double-Check Your Bookkeeping Dates for 2025
As we begin 2025, be mindful of misdating transactions, such as entering them as January 2024 or December 2025. This can lead to financial errors and tax issues. To avoid this, lock prior year files, double-check dates and watch for future-dated entries. Staying vigilant ensures accurate and compliant bookkeeping throughout the year. Read More…
Preparing Payroll for the Holiday Season: Tips for a Stress-Free Transition
With public holidays and festive cheer around the corner, it’s time to ensure your staff gets paid on time—even if the banks don’t! We’ve got tips to help you avoid payroll headaches and keep your team smiling this season. Read More…
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Are Christmas Gifts Tax Deductible?
🎄🎅As we come into the “silly season” let us share with you the rulings on what the ATO will consider a deductible expense and what they won’t.🎄🎅 Read More…
Protect your MyGov account against scammers!
TLDR: update your sign in settings to only the MyGov username. In this blog, Tori shares her personal experience with an attempted hacking. Read More…
Take action now on unpaid Tax and Super
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is changing its approach to collecting unpaid tax and super, focusing on businesses that have not responded to reminders. If your business has overdue obligations, it’s crucial to act now to avoid serious consequences. Read More…
Feeling confused about payroll changes?
The new financial year means new tax rates; increased superannuation guarantee rates; minimum wage increase and award rates increases. But
when do they all apply?
There are a lot of questions floating around on social media about when the new tax withholding, super & award rate increase apply. What
happens if the days worked in the pay week splits across the end of financial year?? There’s also a lot of incorrect information being
provided and a lot of guess work.
Read our Blog for the correct information.
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Instant Asset Write Off Threshold is $20,000 for the 2024 Financial Year
Finally, with only 3 business days left of the 2024 financial year, the Australian Parliament has passed the bill to legislate the
increase in the Small Business Instant Asset Write Off from $1,000 to $20,000 for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. We are now just
awaiting “Royal Assent” for this measure to become law. Royal Assent these days is pretty quick and is essentially a rubber stamp
process. This measure was announced in the May 2023 budget and has taken more than a year to pass through both houses of government.
Read our blog to find out what this means for your business.
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