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Critical Point Newsletter
 
A quarterly newsletter for professional advisors, providing key insights into current and ongoing issues and market conditions impacting them and that will assist them in servicing their clients.
 
  • Board of Taxation review of GST administration 
  • Company directors may fail to rise from the ashes 
  • To grow or not to grow? 
  • India growth story good news for Australia
  • Valuations - do yours measure up?

 

  • What exactly is an Unfair Preference 
  • Stamp duty amendments affect leasing arrangements 
  • Don't under pay your pensions
  • Business sector teams offer more value to clients 
 
  • Under ASIC's Spotlight - Aiding and Abetting 
  • Journal entries can only evidence an underlying transaction
  • Fuel Tax Credits
  • Time Limits for Revoking Family Trust and Interposed Entitiy Elections 
  • Hold tight, Big Brother really could be coming down on you! 
  • Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution 
  • The Invesment Allowance
  • Make sure to read the Trust Deed!
  • Superannuation Guarantee Contributions - Ordinary Time Earnings 
  • The Rules Keep Changing...


Winter 2009

  • Henry Tax Review - Survey Results
  • Exempt Pension Income - CGT in the fund on death of a member
  • Passing the Baton - Now is the time to focus on succession planning
  • Propping up your Business - beware the pitfalls
  • Superannuation Guarantee Contributions - year end issues and recent changes
  • If it's too good to be true, it probably is!
 
  • Tax Reform
  • Cash Flow Management during a slowdown
  • GST liability of representatives of incapacitated entities
  • Exempt Pensioin Income - How it is calculated
  • Developing a winning eCommerce strategy
 
  • Recession proof your business - How to survive an economic downturn
  • Changes to Margin Scheme provisions
  • FBT and Laptop Computers
  • Audit - More value than you think
  
  • Rising from the ashes with help from the professional advisor - Phoenix trading
  • Directors Penalty Notices - The minefield
  • A deregistered company does not stop the DPN grenade from exploding!
  • Simple super starts to take shape
  • High Court holds that GST is payable on forfeited deposits
  • Business plan, strategic plan, PLAN
  • New WorkCover ruling on owner drivers
 
  • Directors Penalty Notices - You now have even less time
  • Employers - New insurance requirements
  • GST Grouping - Beware of the liability sting!
  • Voluntary solvent liquidation or deregistration
  • Fuel tax credits - Large refunds waiting for takers
 

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