Last year, you may recall that I wrote about the importance of moving beyond selling resources- the foundation of our economic relations with China to date - to take advantage of vast opportunities to provide services to the growing middle classes.
It’s fair to say entrepreneurs and small to medium businesses had little chance of getting in on ...
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Recently dubbed the ‘Apple of Accounting’ by Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), Xero holds an enviable position in the cloud accounting marketplace: they are the only provider to have designed a platform that seamlessly integrates with third party providers.
The benefit of this integration is a real-time, small business toolbox of over 300 software ...
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Welcome to 2014 and a happy new year to those celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the Horse.
I’d like to start by sharing with you an interesting conversation I had at the start of the New Year with a friend of mine - let’s call him Bill. This is how the conversation went.
Bill: “How are things?”
Doug: “I’m optimistic.”
Bill: “You’re ...
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At some stage, many small and micro business owners, freelancers and soloists will reach a crossroad: you’re making sales and business is growing, but you have more work than you can manage – which can be exciting and confronting in equal measure! So what do you do if the path ahead looks less like the Yellow Brick Road and more like a German a...
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A letter to our new PM
After the election I penned this letter to our new Prime Minister outlining all the things I hope he’ll consider on behalf of our clients and the broader business community.
The Hon Tony Abbott MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
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Last week’s announcement by the Rudd Government of their intention to streamline eligibility criteria for the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) on salary sacrificed employee cars, which avails the Government of approximately $1.8b, was met with a tidal wave of conflicting opinion from Australian business.
Those who shouted the loudest – in particular, ...
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Time is running out! Take action to reduce your tax
With the end of the financial year just around the corner, now is a good time to start organising and preparing your financial affairs.
We all know how stressful this time of the year can be, so to make your life that little bit easier, we’ve come up with a quick check-list to ensure that y...
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