Are gifts to your employees, clients, and suppliers claimable as a business expense? Gifts may be classified as “entertainment” and therefore not claimable or subject to Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT). For gifts such as wine, food, hampers, vouchers, etc., these…
Creating the organisation of tomorrow is everyone’s opportunity. And creating it now, before competitors. Let’s be critical first though. Few organizations will do this because they simply don’t try. Most of their effort goes into keeping up with competitors ……
This article deals with some of the key issues facing businesses today: Performance of people No matter how we come at it, the performance of our own people is still the most important aspect to any organisation’s success. And yet,…
Over the next couple of months, we have a number of public holidays coming up. So, how do you treat these in JobKeeper? Public holidays (extract from Fair Work Ombudsman) Public holiday pay needs to be included when calculating an…
Email is cursed by so many as the bane of our business lives. It just happens to be probably the most efficient means of communication ever created. It’s instantaneous, can be dealt with by the recipient whenever they choose, we…
Action required As we slowly look forward to a further lift in restrictions, businesses need to consider how they are going to implement a COVID Safe environment as part of the road to recovery. A COVID Safe Plan supports a…
Industries have different reputations and they make a difference to how easy or difficult it is to do business. How is your industry regarded, by government, by the community, by customers and potential customers, by potential employees, by overseas interests?…
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has set reasonable expectations of energy companies to protect small business customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This extends important protections for energy customers and encourages retailers and customers to stay in contact and to reach out…
To get the Why right, make it powerful, and consistently message it outwards and deliver on it, is to go a long way towards having a successful business and reducing competition. Too many businesses concentrate on the What and the…
