by Quinns_News | Oct 12, 2011 | Small Business News
It’s remarkable how much we can accumulate over a period of 12 months – from old brochures and fliers that we will never read, to reports that are gathering dust, miscellaneous paperwork and receipts scattered haphazardly across your cabinets – what better time to...
by Quinns_News | Oct 12, 2011 | Financial Planning News
The ATO’s view on Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements (LRBA) within Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSF’s) has been clarified with the release of the Draft Self Managed Superannuation Funds Ruling (SMSFR 2011/D1) on 14 September 2011. Money borrowed under a...
by Quinns_News | Oct 5, 2011 | Accounting News
Investing in overseas property is more risky than investing in property in Australia. It is much more difficult to make sure the investment suits your needs if you don’t have local knowledge and you can’t regularly inspect the property. ASIC has recently...
by Quinns_News | Oct 5, 2011 | Tax Advice and Updates
The Research and development (R&D) tax incentive provides a tax offset for eligible R&D activities and is targeted towards innovation that benefits Australia. The incentive came into effect on 1 July 2011 and replaced the R&D tax concession. There are...
by Quinns_News | Sep 28, 2011 | Accounting News
Many of you may have noticed that a lot of receipts these days are printed on thermal paper (particularly receipts that come from cash registers.) The two main problems with thermal paper is that the text can fade over time, and also the entire receipt can turn black...
by Quinns_News | Sep 28, 2011 | Accounting News
It is important that all business owners are aware of the reforms to the personal property securities laws that are expected to be introduced late this year or early 2012. These reforms will impact on the majority of Australia businesses so it is important that you...