Self-funded retirees will continue to benefit from an extension of drawdown relief for SMSF pensions to the 2012-13 year, with a 25 per cent reduction in the minimum payment amounts for these prod ..

The new national register of Personal Property Securities (PPS) is scheduled to commence on Monday 30 January 2012. Personal property is defined as any form of property other than land, ..

Would you run a mile at the thought of holding regular Board Meetings with a Board of Directors, cringe at the thought of being accountable to a group of people about your business, gasp at someon ..

It never ceases to amaze me how much people want to learn about building wealth using self managed superannuation funds (SMSF). Especially when they find out that they will not pay any tax when th ..

Do you ever sit back at the end of a hard week of work and ask yourself “why am I putting myself through the wringer each week?” Well if you do, the answer to yourself is probably tha ..

Apparently according to an article I read the other day almost 71% of people use a tax agent each year. However this doesn't mean your tax return will be correct - almost 22% of tax returns lodge ..

At some stage every business owner must sell or pass on - transition from - their business. Many business owners have predicated their post exit plans on having a nice nest egg from the sale of th ..

New legislation known as the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PSSA) will change the way security is taken over personal property other than real estate. The PPSA incorporates a single natio ..

Just read an article where a financial planner advised a client to sell two investment properties that had achieved significant capital gains as they looked fully valued and it was time to "de-ris ..

Imagine you are a juggler with 5 balls in the air. This is something like what a business owner must feel when managing their business. Four of the balls are the same colour representing product,  ..