If you’re a director of an Australian company—or you plan to be—please read on. All existing directors (and intending directors) of Australian companies should be aware that the Australian Government has announced the introduction of a new mandatory Director Identification Number (DIN) system. (You’ll notice the term director ID is also used for DIN.) This system is the initial step in the Modernising Business Registry (MBR) Program which has been…  Read more

If you are a business owner, there are plenty of things you need to manage, and two of the most important of these are assets and risks. In other words, building your wealth and protecting your wealth. There’s no point building a lot of wealth if the way you have things structured behind the scenes means that someone could take your assets away from you. Unfortunately, many business owners are…  Read more

  Wondering what to do if you don’t meet the Basic Decline in Turnover Test requirements for JobKeeper? The ATO has released its guidelines for the Alternative Decline in Turnover Test  which are available now on the ATO website. In an effort to simplify the guidelines, we’ve summarised the rules for the test in this article. It’s important to note, the alternative test only applies when an entity fails the…  Read more