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Accounting & Tax

10 min | Nathan Watt

An Employer’s Guide To Stapled Superannuation

You know how it goes, you hire a new employee, send them the super choice form and they leave it blank or don't return it, so you're required to set up and contribute to your "default super fund".

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Business Consulting

15 min | Nathan Watt

Goal setting: A guide for success

They're useless because they only serve a purpose if the desire to achieve that future state is stronger than our desire to stay in our current state – aka if you can be bothered to do something about it.

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Business Consulting

5 min | Nathan Watt

How Do You Make More Sales?

No, we’re not launching a marketing service, so what do we know about making more sales? Apart from growing Watson & Watt from nothing to something in the last 5 years I know that more sales is actually business strategy, not marketing & sales.

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Business Consulting

10 min | Nathan Watt

Offset vs Redraw: What’s The Difference

If you’ve got a home loan or even just looked into one, you’ll have heard these terms, and on the surface they seem to do the same thing. A place to deposit extra cash to reduce the interest you pay. So is it just semantics or are there differences you really should know. Well yes, yes there are.

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Accounting & Tax

How To Save $1,833 In Tax This (and Every) Year With Your Car

15 min | Nathan Watt

First things first. I want to put a big fat disclaimer on this: Buying a car for “tax purposes” doesn’t save you money. I am absolutely not advocating you run out and get a car to save tax.

Accounting & Tax

How To Know If A Business Name Is Taken

15 min | Nathan Watt

Naming your business can be tricky. It certainly consumes a lot of mental energy for some people when starting a business and many a consultant has made a fortune coming up with names and brands for businesses. Then even when you’ve got something you think is great, how are you to know if a business is taken?

Accounting & Tax

How Much Tax Do You Pay On Dividends?

5 min | Nathan Watt

A common question we get from people is how much tax they need to pay if they were issued with dividends from their company.

Accounting & Tax

How Do You Change Accountants?

15 min | Nathan Watt

One thing I hear a lot is that people think it’s a major hassle to change accountants and I was in need of a blog topic, so I put two and two together (because as an accountant I can do that you know) and Voila! A brand new extremely valuing providing blog.

Accounting & Tax

Government COVID Support

10 min | Nathan Watt

With lockdowns now in full swing (again) in QLD & NSW, & VIC getting another 3 day snapper. You might be wondering what support there is coming from the various levels of government. So here’s a quick snapshot as it stands today (6 Aug 2021).

Accounting & Tax

Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) For Small Business

5 min | Nathan Watt

Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) is mostly ignored by small business and a lot of accountants. Most think of it as a tax for big business, with lots of “entertainment” and exotic remunerations strategies or government departments with scores of internal finance people. But unfortunately, this is mistaken.

Accounting & Tax

Director Identification Number | Coming Soon…Apparently

15 min | Nathan Watt

This may come as surprising to you. I know it is to me, but maybe that’s just my inner conspiracy theorist, that the Fed’s don’t have a good grasp of who the directors of companies in Australia are.

Accounting & Tax

Beginner’s Guide To Salary Sacrifice

5 min | Nathan Watt

Here’s what you need to know when it comes to salary sacrifice and when it should be used, along with the advantages and considerations pertaining to it.

Accounting & Tax

25 min | Nathan Watt

Having a hard time remembering when stuff is due? You’ve got a lot to do in business and if your accountant isn’t reminding you, it’s easy to forget the heap of things you’ve got to submit as the tax office middle man. But late lodgement is one of the 4 common mistakes small business makes with the ATO, so bookmark this page it’s got your BAS due dates for quarterly and monthly reporting cycles.

Accounting & Tax

BAS | A Beginner’s Guide to Business Activity Statements

5 min | Nathan Watt

New to the world of business finances? The Australian tax code can be difficult to understand for anyone who’s unfamiliar with its many facets, but it’s important that every business owner has at least a basic understanding of things like BAS, GST, and other essential elements of it.

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Business Consulting

Commercial Property Loans Aren’t What They Use To Be

10 min | Nathan Watt

Back in the day, commercial property loans were pretty standard; 30% deposit and 10-15 year term.

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Accounting & Tax

Understanding Voluntary Administration

10 min | Nathan Watt

A Voluntary Administration is designed to help avoid court involvement during times of financial hardship when companies are facing creditors.

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Business Consulting

Do You Know Your Numbers?

5 min | Nathan Watt

Every business owner needs to be more than familiar with their numbers. They need to know them truly madly deeply.

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Business Consulting

Goal setting: A guide for success

15 min | Nathan Watt

They're useless because they only serve a purpose if the desire to achieve that future state is stronger than our desire to stay in our current state – aka if you can be bothered to do something about it.

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