The deadline for existing directors of Australian companies to obtain a Director Identification Number is 30 November 2022.
Taxing fame: The ATO’s U-turn
If you’re famous and make an income from your fame and image, the way the ATO believes you should be taxed on the income you make may change under a new draft determination set to take effect on 1 July 2023.
Pricing Strategy to Drive Growth and Profit
Pricing strategy is a pathway to increased revenue and profit… but it’s often neglected by management. In this article, we look at factors which influence price and actions you can take to develop and implement an effective pricing strategy.
Strengthening Your Brand – What is Involved and Why Does it Matter?
Most business leaders agree that branding is important in business. Given the opportunity, they’d like to strengthen their brand to generate more leads, grow sales and increase customer loyalty. How do you ‘strengthen a brand’? It can get murky at this point… so let’s take a closer look.
Four Ways to Finance Your Business Growth
Maybe your business provides a great product or service in high demand by customers. There’s an opportunity to grow, which should be good news… but what happens when the business doesn’t have the cash to fund this growth?
Managing Your Business in an Inflationary Environment
Many businesses are facing increased costs. This is not necessarily a new business challenge… but the COVID-19 pandemic is driving significant and unpredictable “price spikes”. Let’s look at what business leaders should be thinking about in this environment.
7 Ways Leaders Inspire Change (in Challenging Times)
Successful leaders adapt their style based on prevailing business conditions. When initiating change, simply mandating new rules and policies without explanation is unlikely to succeed. How can leaders implement change in an environment of uncertainty and confusion? Let’s explore this topic further.
Managing Costs – Best Practices in Expense Reporting
Expense Reporting is often considered a ‘back office’ process which shouldn’t consume much of anyone’s time. That may be true… but how a business regulates spending requires a lot of discipline and accountability.
7 Ways to Navigate the Changing Employment Landscape
For now, finding employees is more competitive in most industries and businesses are working harder to position themselves as attractive employers. How are businesses approaching these emerging employment challenges? Here are seven ideas.
Brainstorming: Harvesting Brilliant Ideas for your Business
Many businesses are re-evaluating the way they work. BRAINSTORMING is a good starting point to take advantage of future opportunities. To help you generate brilliant ideas which can also be implemented in your business, we are sharing some guidelines on brainstorming.
Remote Work – The Impact and what Leaders can do
There’s a lot of talk about the impact of ‘remote work’. What does this mean for businesses? What should leaders be thinking about?
The Finance Function – 12 ways to Drive Strategy and Value Creation
What does it mean to have a strategic finance function? Led by an experienced and skilled Chief Financial Officer (CFO), let’s consider some of their priorities.
9 Best Practices in Hiring and Working with Subcontractors
The employment environment is always changing…as workers consider their options and businesses look for flexible, cost-effective solutions. Let’s look at some BEST PRACTICES when working with independent contractors (or subcontractors).
7 Best Practices in Digital Transformation of a Business
Not surprisingly, businesses continue to invest in digital, data, and analytics to improve performance and get ahead of the competition. Let’s look at some approaches which help you succeed in this area.
5 Ways an Accounting Function Should Create Business Value
Let’s look at how a multiskilled accounting function can provide critical support to enable the best outcomes.
Breaking Old Habits to Drive Costs Down
As accountants we often see our clients locked into old ways of doing things – sometimes to the detriment of their business. An obvious place to look is expenses, especially since even a small reduction in costs directly impacts the bottom line. Here are some examples where old habits may be keeping your business from maximum profitability – and there could be some quick wins:
5 Cash Management Strategies
thing that is critical in any business at any time. Yes, cash is a priority in your business, but when conditions are unpredictable, you must be particularly astute about cash management.
7 Ways to Manage Through Uncertainty
Managers usually try to keep teams focused on long-term goals and strategies. But these are uncertain times… and leaders are challenged to find new ways to help employees feel productive, safe, engaged and motivated.

















