Spring 2012 Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo Wealth Experience was a part of the Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo held at the Toowoomba Showgrounds on 20 and 21 June, hosting a stand in the main ...
By Philip Saal Just when you thought it was safe to come out into the economy after the GFC, we now have the “Fiscal Cliff”. Do you think economists make up terminology for events that they cannot fu...
By Sharon Baldwin Office of State Revenue focuses its attention on Payroll Tax in Queensland The Newman Government strengthens compliance measures and is focusing on Payroll tax in Queensland. Trea...
Summer 2012 The staff of Power Tynan recently voted on which charities to support for the six months ending 31 December 2012. The two charities with the most votes were Starlight Foundation and Beyon...
The office was a buzz of excitement. The word had passed around. The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, Cheryl Lea Fields was in town and was dropping in to pay a visit to our humble office! Our Toow...
By Gilda Brisotto For years, businesses have been using benchmarking tools to assist them to assess the performance of their business against others in their industry and now the Tax Office are using...
By Chelsea Brunckhorst With technology being enhanced every day the risk of scams is also on the rise via phone, mail, online and face-to-face. It is likely that almost everyone has been a target of ...
by Dan Cuthbert It doesn’t matter how much you earn or how regular your income is: if you’re self-employed, that’s one more hoop you will need to jump through when applying for a home loan. That’s no...
By Brad Nightingale “Should we diversify our residential property portfolio?” It is a question that regularly comes up and like many areas of property investment, there is no right or wrong answer. M...
by Scott Patterson There are many sources of business risk. When starting your business it is important you understand there are certain risk events you can control and other events you can’t. Change...
By Mark Silvester The Government has recently made further amendments to the superannuation Regulations as a result of the Stronger Super reforms that were announced in December 2010. One of these t...
By Craig Uys A recent survey conducted for the Financial Services Council by Rice Walker found that only 4% of those with dependants have sufficient life insurance1. This has the potential to greatly...
By Simon Newman As one of our top areas for property investment nationally, we thought we would outline the reasons why Toowoomba is seen as an area with great potential for property investors in the...
By Jason Clewley Think for a moment about the accounting software you are currently using - is it over 3 years old? If you answered ‘yes’, it may be time to look at the upgrade options available for ...
By Scott Patterson Dancing in the Rain The impacts of the global financial crises and turbulent economic markets have now been with us since early 2008. That is, since early 2008 we have seen equity...
Spring 2012 For the six months between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2012, the Wealth Experience Charitable Trust has been raising funds to support its chosen charities - Toowoomba Hospice, Granite Belt...
By Dan Cuthbert In this issue, we thought we would answer every home buyer’s questions as to time frame and conditions that must be met for relevant grants from the Office of State Revenue.This inf...
By Gilda Brisotto The Australian Taxation Office have warned that they are reviewing investment arrangements. There are two that they are especially concerned about: Investment Loan Interest Payment...
By Scott Patterson What are value optimisation factors? Value optimisation is all about growing business value. Value optimisation factors are issues within the business that can be planned for and a...
By Simon Newman One of the most important things to know about our property portfolio is the gearing level. Knowing this can provide us with an indication of our exposure to market movements, our ove...
