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Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... reduced by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses); and the ceiling on all bank deposit rates completely removed (whereas, previously it only allowed banks to offer depositors ...

AIST opposes SG charge reductions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... is aiming to reduce the harshness of the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC), claiming it is burdensome on small businesses. Submissions to the draft legislation closed on Friday and AIST executive manager, policy and research, David Haynes, said changes ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... public-private-partnerships (PPP)." Other reports reveal that the government plans to reduce income taxes for small businesses and release more funding for infrastructure projects - about 70 billion yuan worth of two railway projects have already been ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... legislation aiming to reduce the harshness of the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC), claiming it is burdensome on small businesses. Cbus chief executive, David Atkin, said the non-payment of super is growing with estimates indicating it already exceeds ...

Crowe Horwath progressing growth ambitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... executive for the Sydney office, Mark Duke, is now looking to consolidate its financial advice business through small businesses and individuals in both metropolitan and regional Australia. "We want to look at opportunities to provide some more value ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... registration space. Speaking at the National Council of Small Business Australia Conference in Sydney, Tanzer noted that small businesses, with fewer than 20 employees, represent ASIC's "largest customer," saying that they represented 96% of Australian ...

Tax reform cannot be deferred any longer: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... issues AVCAL wants addressed include moving to quarterly research and development (R&D) tax refunds for eligible small businesses; continuing to improve proposed new employee share scheme rules for startups; and implementing the Board of Taxation's recent ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... for a flexible way to top up cover at key stages in the life cycle of their business. "With over two million small businesses operating across the country it makes sense for us to look at ways to better service the SME market," she said. "The Business ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... consumer discretionary (up 1.2%). How can these sectors not be happy little vegemites with Budget 2015/16 handing small businesses - primarily, retailers - tax cuts and accelerated depreciation on their investment spend. But as is always the case, there's ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... 15.5 cents higher at $7.885. Retail stocks are benefitting from Tuesday night's budget announcement to allow small businesses to claim a tax deduction for the full value of assets worth up to $20,000 in a single year, rather than over five years as had ...