New phoenixing laws expose advisors to the fire…

Harry Potter might have been able to escape the government’s clutches with the help of a phoenix, but you and…

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Making sure you are getting paid by your customers…

Every business owner knows that getting paid by your customers is not easy. Imagine this scenario… A major customer of…

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Superannuation Guarantee Amnesty

The ATO estimated that in 2014-2015 alone, employers failed to pay nearly $3 billion in superannuation earnt by workers, or…

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Startups – Protecting Directors, Managing Stakeholders’ Interests

Startups and Safe Harbour Protection for Directors Concerns over inadvertent breaches of insolvent trading laws are frequently cited as a…

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Adopting a business rescue culture – Public Accountant Article

Australia is Adopting a Rescue Culture Australia has seen significant and long overdue positive legislative changes in 2017 and 2018…

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Ipso Facto Clause Stay – Exclusions

Ipso Facto Clause Stay – ’24 days left to have your say’ The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No.…

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Avoiding Failure – Smaller and Family Businesses

The SME market has had it very tough in Australia – smaller and family businesses have struggled to avoid failure…

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Insolvency Warning Signs – cashflow is king

Financial Literacy All directors must have some financial literacy in order to fulfil their duties and responsibilities to the company. This…

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Safe Harbour – Risking Personal Liability to Rescue a Company

Twilight Zone When a company is under performing financially, directors might: do nothing or procrastinate; decide to resign or jump…

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Recovery Provisions – Trading a Business out of Financial Difficulty  

The laws are changing to allow directors to attempt a turnaround or restructure outside of a formal insolvency regime –…

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Tax Debt. No longer just Directors Penalty Notices, multiple changes are underway…

When did you sign to agree to be personally liable for your company’s tax debt? It’s a rhetorical question –…

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Voluntary Administration v Safe Harbour Protection for Directors

Voluntary Administration – Directors lose control The public and the media do not differentiate between liquidation and voluntary administration. Australia’s…

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