Posted by execva on July 29, 2011
I attended the NAB National Small Business Summit on Wednesday 27 July (via webcast). Of interest was the presentation by Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo who on the one hand presented the human face of the ATO and their belief in treating small business as people. On the other, he gave the very clear message that [...]
Categories: business start up
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Tags: ato, Australian Taxation Office, business, Business and Economy, Small Business
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Posted by execva on July 11, 2011
Gerry Harvey led the push for the government to add GST to overseas purchases costing less than $1,000. The Australian press has recently run a number of articles on retailers hurting from customers who are moving to buy online – because they can get the same goods for cheaper – and who are using this [...]
Categories: business building
| Tags: business, Customer, Online shopping, Small Business
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Posted by execva on July 6, 2011
Are you going to the National Small Business Summit 2011? This is Australia’s premier small business event taking place in Sydney July 26 and 27! As an annual forum of the people who govern, support and work in the small business sector the event aims to identify the most important issues for small business; to [...]
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| Tags: Australia, business, COSBOA, Small Business
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Posted by execva on July 4, 2011
Politicians lie! Who knew??!! After confirming there would be “no change to PSI legislation”, Bill Shorten has simply implemented what was proposed under the PSI changes by attacking construction industry independent contractors via budget changes which require mandatory transaction reporting. What does this mean? That businesses who hire contractors will be required to report all [...]
Categories: Government, legislation
| Tags: Australian Taxation Office, Bill Shorten, business, contracting, Government, independent contractor, mandatory reporting, Robert Gottliebsen, virtual assistant
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Posted by execva on June 26, 2011
Are you a virtual business in Australia? The first national industry survey is being conducted by the Alliance for Virtual Businesses Australian Chapter and the deadline for completion is 30 June. See the below media release for more info or visit the site! Alliance for Virtual Businesses Australian Chapter (A4VBAU) conducts first national comprehensive study [...]
Categories: Press Releases
| Tags: a4vb, alliance for virtual businesses, Australia, australian chapter, business, Secretarial Services and Virtual Assistants, Small Business, virtual assistant
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