If you are selling your business, merging, acquiring, or inviting in new investors, you need to understand the value of your business. But, to what degree does the pandemic impact on value? Should you discount or hold firm to pre COVID-19 performance on the basis that ‘we’re going to come out of it eventually’?

Corporate Secretarial, Financial Accounting, New BusinessJPR BUSINESS GROUP1 September 2020business, covid-19, pandemic, coronavirus

What now? Where to get help if you need it

The Government has announced further changes to the JobKeeper scheme. The good news is that employees that missed out on JobKeeper because they were not employed on 1 March 2020 might now be eligible

Corporate Secretarial, Financial Accounting, New Business, TaxationJPR BUSINESS GROUP13 August 2020jobkeeper payment, jobkeeper, coronavirus, covid-19, business, business assistance

Temporary Occupational Health & Safety Regulations

Temporary Occupational Health and Safety (COVID-19 Incident Notification) Regulations 2020 (OHS COVID-19 Regulations) which commenced on Tuesday 28 July 2020.

New Business, Business Development, CommunityJPR BUSINESS GROUP7 August 2020OHS, Occupational Health & Safety, Worksafe, McConville Risk Solutions

Government announces Jobkeeper Payment to support business

On Monday 30th March the Federal Government announced that it will invest $130 billion dollars into trying to support Australian workers with the new Jobkeeper Payment.

Community, Financial Accounting, New BusinessJPR BUSINESS GROUP31 March 2020jobkeeper payment, coronavirus, ATO, business, small business, tax, wages, covid-19

How to get your payroll right

Complex award and enterprise agreements can complicate payroll obligations, in terms of both regular salary and wages and the ongoing need to pay employee superannuation. On top of that, from 1 March 2020, changes commence for annualised wage arrangements that will increase the compliance burden on some businesses.

Corporate Secretarial, Financial Accounting, New Business, Superannuation, TaxationJPR BUSINESS GROUP11 March 2020workplace relations, employment law, payroll, single touch payroll, superannuation guarantee, superannuation, small business

New workplace award rules coming into force on March 1

All employers with employees on fixed annual salaries are now on notice about new award rules coming into force on March 1st.

Corporate Secretarial, Financial Accounting, New Business, Superannuation, TaxationJPR BUSINESS GROUP20 February 2020fairwork commission, employment law, wages, salary, award wage, employment

The Super Guarantee timing trap for employers

How employers are being caught out by the timing of superannuation guarantee payments.

New Business, Financial Accounting, SuperannuationJPR BUSINESS GROUP9 December 2019ATO, superannuation guarantee, superannuation

Australia embraces Black Friday and Cyber Monday

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale concepts have well and truly arrived in Australia with retailers embracing this latest retail event to stimulate what has been an economically lack lustre year.

Corporate Secretarial, Business Development, New BusinessJPR BUSINESS GROUP9 December 2019black friday, small business, SME, cyber monday, business, retail business, online business

5 things that will make or break your business’s Christmas

The countdown to Christmas is now on and we’re in the midst of the headlong rush to get everything done and capitalise on any remaining opportunities before the Christmas lull. Busy period or not, Christmas causes a period of dislocation and volatility for most businesses

New Business, Taxation, Business DevelopmentJPR BUSINESS GROUP6 December 2019business, small business, SME, christmas

Tax & Super: Let's look at what a Labor Government would do

One of the more controversial measures announced by the ALP is the reforms to the dividend imputation credit system to remove refundable franking credits from shares. The measure, as announced, would apply to individuals and superannuation funds, and exclude Australian Government pension and allowance recipients, and tax-exempt bodies such as charities and universities

Financial Accounting, Investment, New Business, Superannuation, TaxationJPR BUSINESS GROUP2 May 2019Tax, self managed super funds, superannuation, Taxation, ato, australian tax office, business, small business, SMSF, family business, negative gearing