When you’re running a business, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day activity and lose sight of the big picture.

If you’re going to grow your company in the right way, pinning down your goals and having a clear vision for the business from the outset is vital.

Contracting or freelancing requires you to wear a lot of hats.Relationship-building, keeping track of your time, marketing your skills and actually doing the work.

Each quarter, GST-registered small businesses submit a business activity statement (BAS) to the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

Making a profit isn’t something that happens overnight – to create a good return from your business you need a clear focus and a well thought-out strategy for increasing profitability.

Donating to charity not only supports the vital work of an organisation or group, but it can have positive side-effects when it comes to claiming tax deductions.

How you get your end of financial year information from your employer showing your earnings for the year (also known as a payment summary or income statement) depends on how your employer reports your income, tax and super information to us.

When you’re employed, your employer makes compulsory contributions to your superannuation.

Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business. And when it comes to cash flow management, preventing cash issues is far easier than trying to solve these issues after the event.

As of 1 July 2019 new legislation regarding several areas of superannuation will come into effect.

If you have a home office for your business, you should be able to claim some of the costs involved in maintaining, owning and using your home.

If you are already reporting Single Touch Payroll (STP) to the ATO, there is a different process for issuing payment summaries from now on.

Single touch payroll (STP) is a new regulation that changes when and how small businesses report payroll activity to the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

Access to the internet is now second nature for those of us working online every day.

Landing a large client is an exciting milestone but servicing them can be demanding.

We all have the best intentions about work-life balance, but it's hard to turn those intentions into reality.

Keen to get into the property market as an investor? Before you start looking, you need to understand that what you’re looking for in a house, that you would occupy, might be different to an investment property.

Whether you’re getting into investing for the first time, or looking at how you might expand your existing investment portfolio, it’s important to understand your risk profile.