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MyGov Accounts are NOT Compulsory | Here’s What You May Not Know…

As you may know, in February this year legislation came into effect that requires all employers to start reporting their payroll information through Single Touch Payroll from 1 July 2019. Employers have until 30 September 2019 to start reporting without needing to apply for additional time. If you haven’t read the article and would like…

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Introducing Our New Marketing Services!

Do you need help or advice with your marketing? From April 2019, we are going to start offering all-round marketing advice & strategies for small business, alongside our business advisory and tax compliance services. If you’re not interested in marketing, not a problem at all. We’ll continue to look after you and your business with…

Small Business Accounting Software – Which is best for your business?

These days, many business owners are investing in good quality small business accounting software to help with the successful running of their business. Are you feeling frustrated with the amount of time you spend: Recording receipts? Reconciling and balancing accounts? Keeping track of debtors or creditors? Manually entering data into excel spread sheets? Filing away…

10 Tips to Help You Build a Successful Business

Building a successful business can be challenging, regardless of whether you’re starting from scratch or striving to grow your existing business. As a small business owner, you may find yourself being pulled in multiple directions at the same time, and needing to wear different hats each day. Some days you’ll be delivering your product or…

Starting a Business - Types of Business Strcutures

Types of Business Structures in Australia

A key component of starting a business is to determine which one of the 4 business structures is best for your situation. When making this decision it’s important to consider your business, your personal circumstances and who will be the key operator of the business. Making the right decision from the onset is critical because…

Look out! The ATO is Cracking Down – Company Cars & Fringe Benefits Tax

Do you drive a company car or own a company registered vehicle? If so, please take note of the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) updates highlighted below. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) have recently warned about tightening-up on their approach towards people who own vehicles through their businesses – particularly, employers and tradies. Even if your…

IMPORTANT UPDATE – Single Touch Payroll (STP)

As of Sunday last week (1st of April, 2018), all businesses were required to count the number of current employees on their payroll. This is in preparation for the introduction of Single Touch Payroll (STP) updates by the 1st of July 2018. If you missed this deadline and haven’t counted your employees yet, you can base…

PRIVACY POLICY IMPORTANT UPDATES – Are you protected?

Knox Taxation & Business Advisory, in Boronia, wishes to advise you that, as of the 22nd of February, 2018, any Australian businesses that fall (or have fallen) victim to a data breach causing a risk of serious harm to individuals, or has received a high level of media attention, must notify the Office of the…

Fair Work Commission Penalty Rates Update

There’s been a lot of publicity about changes to the Hospitality and Retail Industry Penalty Rates, attributed to decisions made by the Fair Work Commission in late February, 2017. We, at Knox Taxation & Business Advisory, are pleased to bring you the latest information from our HR Specialist, Sheena. Fair Work Commission Penalty Rates Decision…

Backpacker Tax 15% ATO Deadline – 31st January

Contact us at Knox Taxation & Business Advisory on 9762 7344 … If you feel this might apply to you, but you haven’t done anything about it yet! The ATO has put the word out to all current Backpacker Employers (or employers of working holiday makers) that the new tax rate of 15% became effective…