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RBA steadies cash rate, flags more hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... breather that will help them adjust to an economic environment of high energy costs and high inflation. "With small businesses confronting an increasingly uncertain global economic outlook, this reinforces the need for a sustainable wage increase for ...

Super a big national advantage: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... peak around Christmas," he said. "Interest rate rises are really tightening the screws for a lot of families and small businesses right around the country." He said if you combine that with global uncertainty, it's easy to see why Treasury and the ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... owners borrowing from banks has sharply risen in 2022, a new survey reveals. More than a third (36%) of Australian small businesses canvassed by CPA Australia are increasingly relying on external sources of funding, up from 27% in 2021. Half of Aussie ...

CPA calls for regulatory reforms for NFPs, charities

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... professional accounting body has suggested incentivizing small business and NFPs to access advice, digitalising small businesses and NFPs, encouraging companies to resolves solvency issues early, and managing the increase in assetless insolvencies. "The ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... report emphasised a "hive of activity" in regional Queensland. "Queensland by far has the largest proportion of small businesses in regional areas of their state, partly due to the size and popularity of the Sunshine and Gold Coasts but would also be ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... small percentage of total SMSF assets and, as such, pose little risk to financial stability while assisting many small businesses, in particular, meet their retirement income goals."

More consolidation is needed, says Diverger chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... of these manual processes that means using digital advice tools, but also just bringing institutional scale to small businesses. That's how we think about scale." Jacobsen admits the last four or five years have been tough for the sector. "We've ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... lead to higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, or further drive-up prices for households and small businesses." Meanwhile, former financial services and superannuation minister Hume will serve as shadow finance minister, in addition to ...

Government welcomes ATO family trust guidance

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... on family trusts, noting that they are a legitimate and important way for families, particularly those running small businesses, to manage their financial affairs. This draft guidance replaces the ATO's 2014 guidance, which taxpayers and their advisers ...

Millions to receive tax offset

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... small-to-medium businesses and sole traders. Treasurer Frydenberg also outlined a package of tax invectives for small businesses willing to invest in staff training and new technology. "Starting tonight, for every hundred dollars a small business spends ...