Tax planning is not the same thing as doing your taxes. Planning requires a broad view of business finances over the long term. And it’s not just what you save today or this year that matters, it’s what that tax saving will be worth to you years from now as your assets grow. Here are [...]
The key to a low cost and no fuss audit is communication and well-organised documentation. • If you are unsure of something discuss it with your auditor or SMSF accountant beforehand. • Make sure you aren’t missing anything. If you are, then track it down before it gets to the auditor. • Your auditor doesn’t [...]
Hales Douglass clients guaranteed ‘best interest’ advice regardless of FOFA’s future. FOFA (Future of Financial Advice Act) was introduced mid last year to protect consumers and require financial planners to act in the best interests of their clients, also prohibiting them from obtaining sales commissions and other forms of conflicted remuneration. The fate of FOFA [...]
