ONE sixth of Western Australian farmers are planning to shift some or all of their business from their main bank over the next 12 months, a new study has found.
THREE months after WA’s Commissioner of State Revenue announced a payroll tax amnesty in relation to ‘contractor’ payments, the issue is still causing disquiet in the business community.
THERE are at least eight common law tests that can be used by the courts to decide if a worker is a contractor or an employee, according to law firm Deacons.
GOVERNMENT and regulators must act to ensure standards in the financial planning industry are lifted, together with improved disclosure standards, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) has launched a ‘compo kit’ to help its members lodge claims for defective administration by the Australian Tax Office.
In the third of a six-part series on business lending, Mark Beyer looks at the equipment finance market.
THE equipment finance market has witnessed substantial change over the past couple of years, led by the growing popularity of chattel mortgages.
FOR most businesses in WA, banking is conducted through the State’s big five – BankWest and the four national banks, ANZ, Commonwealth, National and Westpac.
FIFTY-SEVEN financial institutions currently provide approximately 720 different debt finance products for small business, according to research group Cannex.
CUTTING prices is often seen as an easy way for businesses to boost their turnover, especially in difficult trading conditions. But it’s a strategy that is fraught with danger.
TWO separate studies released over the past month have highlighted the risk of insolvency among Australian companies.
The studies formed markedly different views on the degree of risk, however, leaving investors and business people with an awkward
INVESTORS and business people trying to assess the credit quality of other companies can assess a range of financial and non-financial indicators.
John Carello, the reconstruction and advisory services partner at accounting firm PKF, said warning signs
THE large paperwork and compliance load on small businesses has been highlighted by a new tax office report on its compliance program for 2002-03.
The report itemises the volume of paperwork facing Australia’s 2.5 million ‘micro’ businesses;
