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  1. SMSF assets climb to $877bn during COVID

    (LRBAs), with total assets in LRBAs jumping from $44.9 billion at December 2019 up to $65.8 billion at the end of last year. Both residential and non-residential property also saw large increases, with assets invested in non-residential property...

  2. SMSF Adviser Network sees 'tenfold' spike in applications

    The licence has been up and running for approximately 18 months, and while the uptake initially was “not huge”, in the last four months the licensee has experienced a significant increase in enquiries and applications, NTAA chief executive Geoff Boxer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Super
  3. SMSF accounting efficiencies – where to next?

    processed and the data is ready for use - just like a data feed but without the overhead of obtaining authorities. Over the last few years we’ve been testing both methods to streamline SMSF administration within SuperMate. Annual Tax Statements can be...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Andy Forbes, CTO SuperConcepts
    • Category: Super
  4. SMSF accounting and audit firms handed fresh resource on independence changes

    choose between non-assurance services including tax and compliance advice, and audit services. While the changes kicked in last year, the ATO has committed to adopting an educative approach during the current financial year to allow firms to restructure...

  5. SMEs wary of outside advice

    for them,” Mr Langham said. The index also found SMEs are less optimistic about revenue growth compared with September last year. The average growth rate being forecast dropped significantly - to 6.7 per cent from 8.6 per cent - from the growth forecast...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Business
  6. SMEs want tax process simplified: MYOB

    level since 2009. Mr Reed said these results are the first measure of SME sentiment regarding the federal government since last year's election and it appears sentiment is moving from negative to neutral. “The drop in dissatisfaction could mean small...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Michael Masterman
    • Category: Tax
  7. SMEs to slash spending on cyber security despite risks: Business NSW

    in cyber security. Business NSW said Australian Signals Directorate data highlighted 94,000 reported cyber crimes in the last financial year alone, a 24 per cent increase from the previous year. Business NSW CEO Daniel Hunter said the “sobering figures”...

  8. SMEs struggle to finance growth, navigate headwinds

    – up from 42 per cent in 2021. Significantly, more SMEs were using acquisitions to add value to customers (45 per cent) than last year (33 per cent). “Funding will play a role in helping small businesses navigate these headwinds,” Mr Callaghan said....

  9. SMEs still unaware of payment times regime, government told

    the number of invoices paid within 30 days increased by 3 per cent. An independent review of the Payment Times Reporting Act last August also slammed the government’s scheme as “unwieldy”. The report, by economist and former Labor MP Craig Emerson, also...

  10. SMEs still passive about technology, finds MYOB

    at the forefront of innovation rather than waiting for disruption to hit, amid worrying statistics from a software provider. Last week, MYOB released its latest Future of Business Report: The Age of Change, revealing that while SMEs accept that...

  11. SMEs reveal pessimistic forecast

    over the next 12 months, the proportion of operators expecting their revenue to increase was just 31 per cent. In October last year, 38 per cent of operators said they had more work or sales in the pipeline, but this number has now fallen to 34 per...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax
  12. SMEs pleased with budget, software giant finds

    Despite lacking confidence before the federal budget was released last week, majority of SMEs are now largely comfortable with the measures included in the budget according to the latest report from MYOB. Yesterday MYOB released its latest SME...

  13. SMEs plead for help on energy costs, net zero

    interest rate rises and red tape - has the potential to sink struggling businesses. “The federal government needs to combine last week’s bill relief measures with advice that helps businesses to deal with the complex web of the energy market.” Business...

  14. SMEs not ‘confident’ in financial health, survey reveals

    index highlighted the average value of invoices held by businesses has fallen to a record low, down 49.9 per cent since last year. This significant drop can be attributed to, “decreased order values as businesses are forced to reduce inventory due to...

  15. SMEs looking to increase asset investment, CBA data reveals

    economic conditions. CBA revealed a 15 per cent uplift in vehicle and equipment financing compared to the same period last year. CBA executive general manager of business lending Grant Cairns said though economic conditions remain tough, there is reason...

  16. SMEs lead calls for company tax cuts

    the government lower the company tax rate to 28.5 per cent for businesses with an annual revenue of $2 million or under in last year’s budget. However, company tax affects businesses of all sizes," Mr Reed added. "The current system discourages SMEs to...

  17. SMEs lack confidence in legislative passing power

    permanent and accelerating company tax rate proposals for small business would be steps in the right direction. “The last Parliament was a watershed one for small business,” Mr Reed said. “For the first time in over a decade small business was moved to...

  18. SMEs hit as $500m stolen by fraudsters

    in 2016 represents just 0.03 per cent of the staggering $1.869 trillion – yes, trillion – transacted on cards and cheques last year.

  19. SMEs high on list of corporate insolvencies

    reflecting the asset/liability profile of small-to-medium size corporate insolvencies. Keeping with the patterns of the last three financial years, the industries with the most lodgements for the 2015-16 financial year were construction, accommodation...

  20. SMEs feeling the pinch as invoice payment times blow out

    cash flow in the wake of COVID as debtors took longer to pay and access to finance got tighter. “What we’ve seen over the last six months is the average number of days that an invoice is open before a debtor pays it is slowly creeping out,” he said....