JobMaker Plan – An overview

Last week, as part of the Federal Budget, the Australian Government announced its $74 billion JobMaker Plan, designed to support a stronger economic recovery and bring more Australians back to work. In essence, the JobMaker Plan is made up of 6 key elements: Lowering...
So what exactly is litigation?

So what exactly is litigation?

Home » Litigation » Page 3 Litigation… it’s a word we’ve all heard many times before. But what does it really mean? And where does it fit amongst all the legal terms? We sat down with Greenhalgh Pickard’s Litigation lawyer, to chat all things litigation.   What...

New Workplace Laws Enforced For The First Time

The Federal Government’s amendment to the Fair Work Act through the Protecting Vulnerable Workers Act 2017, now requires employers disprove wage claims made in a court if they don’t meet their record-keeping or pay slip obligations and cannot give a reasonable excuse....

Single Touch Payroll Reporting – Are you ready?

As a small business employer you would have by now heard of Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting and perhaps haven’t really had to pay much attention until now….. Single Touch Payroll is the next step in streamlining your payroll reporting. It will change the way you...

Exciting changes affecting 2019 Tax Time

  Effective 29 January 2019 The small business instant write off threshold increases to $25,000!! Plus has been extended up to 30 June 2020 – great news for small business operators   Effective 1 July 2019 SMSF maximum allowable members has increased from 4...