by Quinns_News | Jun 6, 2012 | Consumer News
Businesses that make an effort to maintain successful business-to-business relationships are rewarded with goodwill in both their online and offline networks. By taking the time to acknowledge relationships with other professionals, businesses also increase the odds...
by Quinns_News | Jun 6, 2012 | Newsletter Features
On March 30th 2012, Facebook Timeline for Business Pages was released. The default landing pages no longer exist, which eliminated the process of “Fan Gating” (forcing users to like your business page in order to access more information). The new Facebook Timeline...
by Quinns_News | May 30, 2012 | Accounting News
What’s the difference? The importance of correctly classifying a taxpayer as a share trader or a share investor has been affirmed by the Administrative Appeal Tribunal in the 2010 case of Smith v FCT. The distinction hinges on whether the taxpayer’s share trading...
by Quinns_News | May 30, 2012 | Accounting News
As anticipated, there were no initiatives directly impacting the franchise sector following the announcement of The Budget on 8 May 2012. Generally for small businesses the biggest news is that the Government will introduce a loss “carry back” initiative...
by Quinns_News | May 23, 2012 | Accounting News
What is a Bad Credit Rating? In Australia, a negative credit reporting system is used to record your credit related defaulting behaviors. This means a historical snapshot of your ability and commitment to repay your debts in a timely manner is kept on file. Financiers...
by Quinns_News | May 23, 2012 | Accounting News
(Part 2 securities acquired post 2009 financial year) Following the e-alert published last week, this article will consider the potential tax implications if you acquired securities under an employee share scheme on or after 1 July 2009. Due to amendments to the tax...
by Quinns_News | May 16, 2012 | Accounting News
Superannuation borrowing is arguably the fastest growing area of superannuation investment. There is an increasing demand for superannuants to take more control of their superannuation. During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) many superannuants were cashing in their...
by Quinns_News | May 16, 2012 | Accounting News
(Part 1 securities acquired pre-2009 Financial Year) An employee share scheme (ESS) provides employees or their associates with the opportunity to acquire “securities” (in the form of shares or rights) in their employer’s company by virtue of their employment...
by Quinns_News | May 9, 2012 | Accounting News
This is a short summary of The Budget for the 2012-13 financial year. Benefits to Businesses Helping business to invest • Allowing companies to carry back tax losses so they get a refund against tax paid in the previous year, providing a tax benefit of up to $300,000...
by Quinns_News | May 9, 2012 | Accounting News
This is a short summary of The Budget for the 2012-13 financial year. Benefits to Individuals • $1.8 billion to increase Family Tax Benefit Part A for all eligible families, commencing 1 July 2013 • $1.1 billion for a new Supplementary Allowance for the unemployed,...
