Carbon Tax – Small Business Still Has a Voice

As of 8 November 2011 Australia has carbon tax legislation with the tax due to come into effect mid-2012 with a starting price of $23/tonne. This article is not going to be on whether it’s a good or bad thing – and I have my own opinion on how effective I think it will be. [...]

Update: PSI Criteria Position

Since my last post on whether the ALP intends to move ahead with proposed changes to PSI criteria or not for independent contractors here’s an update. Unfortunately, still no news from the ALP’s Craig Emerson – and none from my local ALP member for Maranoa either – despite he was going to “look into it” [...]

PSI Criteria – Changing or not?

It’s not as sexy a headline as the Mining Tax but did you know about the Labor Government’s proposed changes to personal services income criteria? I attended the Small Business Summit in Brisbane in July 2010 when  Tony Abbott alluded to proposed changes to be made by the Labor Government should it be returned at [...]