Setting the right salary level for your employees is essential to finding the right people to help you run your business. However, it can be difficult to determine the most appropriate level based on your business and what it can afford while also being attractive to prospective employees. When setting pay levels, particularly for advertising…
When it comes to investing, there is always a certain amount of risk involved. The key to a great investment strategy is to discern how much risk you are willing to take. The risk profile of your superannuation investment strategy should be determined by combining your financial goals and the time frame in which you…
At the end of the year, you may look for extrinsic ways to thank your hardworking employees or faithful customers/clients. A work Christmas/end-of-year party may be a method employed by many businesses to demonstrate their gratitude towards staff, but the expense can be a deciding factor. Christmas/holiday parties are regarded as “entertainment” expenditures, which means…
One of the greatest complaints small employers have is how difficult it is to find good employees. But there’s one place they often fail to search for new job applicants – the families and friends of their best employees. After all, current employees who have great work attitudes probably have brothers and sisters with great…
You must make a binding death benefit nomination to maintain control and certainty over who will inherit your superannuation assets after you pass away. Contrary to what you may think, your will does not automatically control the payment of your death benefits. If you do not make a binding death benefit nomination, your super trustee…
Small businesses entitled to refunds of GST may not be aware of the four-year time limit on claiming those refunds. Your entitlement to a GST credit ends four years from the due date of the earliest activity statement in which you could have claimed it. GST refunds are claimed under the indirect tax concession scheme…
Simply put, marketing your services should consist primarily of four steps: Informing as many people as possible of your existence Leading them to develop an interest in your services Persuading them to meet with you Move from client enquiry to client engagement Here is a simple ten-point strategy for achieving these objectives: Emphasise Persuasion Making…
Superannuation may not be the first thing that springs to mind as a self-employed individual, but just like how looking after your tax and business expenses benefits you, superannuation is an important subject to consider. While you don’t need to pay super to yourself, it might help you feel more secure about your finances during…
