The federal budget has been criticised for closing some wealth options – but a few have opened too. JAMES THOMSON reveals which filthy ric…

The federal budget has been criticised for closing some wealth options – but a few have opened too. JAMES THOMSON reveals which filthy ric…
Here’s an idea that won’t be taken up. In fact this morning’s column might be described as a piss into the wind, but here goes anyway….
There is a bigger threat to business growth than budget changes or tax system tweaking, and mostly we are doing nothing about it. LOUIS COUT…
Budget changes to reduce the tax effectiveness of software purchases are unlikely have a big impact on business purchasing decisions, a key …
We need the triple T standard (truth, trust and transparency) to ensure business opportunities from the budget are not a closed club for the…
For business owner Alex Todd, the abolition of the Commercial Ready business grants program came as a devastating and entirely unexpected bl…
All employers should review remuneration arrangements entered into with their employees as a result of changes to fringe benefits tax legisl…
Dear Aunty B,
We had an employee leave at the end of last year with a project still in production that he was responsible for a…
By Terry HayesThe budget detailed a wide range of tax changes (although many have been previously announced), plus it reiterated the G…
There is nothing for business in Swan’s safe budget. The cuts, including the abolition of the Commercial Ready program, are savage. Why is…
The Government now has a lower inflation forecast than the Reserve Bank – 3.25 per cent for the year to June 2009 versus 3.5 per cent for …
A new $20 billion Building Australia fund will form the centrepiece of a budget that delivers significant new money to fix up Australia’s …