Blog tagged as Small Businesses

The ATO’s September 2025 update highlights crucial lodgement deadlines and renewed compliance focus on rental deductions, gig income, cash, and GST. Businesses that act early and keep records clean will avoid penalties and stay ahead.

MYOB’s 14 accounting tips highlight the importance of strong financial habits for small businesses. From reconciliations to planning for growth, these steps ensure compliance and sustainable success.

The ATO is tightening debt enforcement and compliance rules in 2025, making early engagement and strong record-keeping critical for small businesses and tax practitioners.

The ATO’s updated Tax Time toolkit is your 101 guide to business taxes. We’ve summarised the key resources you can find in this toolkit, with links to the ATO site.

Aiming to provide better retirement outcomes for employees, from 1 July 2026, employers will be required to pay their employees super at the same time as their salary and wages.

Are you undercharging for your fees? We’ve got the five warning signs that can help you diagnose whether your prices are too low.

The one-person, billion-dollar business may soon become a reality. But what are the pros and cons of a one-person, solopreneur business model? We have the lowdown on the AI model.

Core values define your business's identity and uniqueness. Focusing on distinct values that reflect your purpose and sharing and embodying these values fosters a stronger workplace culture and enhances relationships and results.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered interest rates. What does a drop in interest rates mean for you, your business and your financial opportunities?

Your customers are one of your most valuable assets. But how often are you talking to customers and asking for their feedback? Here are 5 ways to improve your customer service.

If you’ve recently started a business in Australia, understanding BAS (Business Activity Statement) is crucial to meeting your tax obligations and staying compliant with the ATO.

The new financial year has begun, which means it is now time to wrap up the 2024-25 financial year, here is a list of changes and rates that you will need to be aware of for your business in preparation for the 2024-25 tax return.

We’ve got 5 simple ways to get more from your finances – by embracing the latest in digital accounting and finance apps.

Your Cost of Sales (CoS) is a vital financial metric to understand. We’ve highlighted 5 important ways that CoS impacts on your operational efficiency and your financial health.

Traditionally, Aussie small businesses are failing to embrace private equity. But Micro Private Equity (Micro PE) could be the driver behind your investment and growth plans.

Electricity costs for East Coast small businesses could be set to rise by between 4.2 and 8.2%. We’ve highlighted 4 key ways you can mitigate these rising electricity prices.

Find out how AI could be helping your procurement and cost management. We’ve highlighted five ways that AI can enhance inventory management, invoice processing and more.

AI is an important tool for your small business. But what do all these technical terms and bits of jargon mean? Our AI glossary helps demystify AI so you can understand the benefits.

AI has the potential to transform your small business. We’re starting a new series that will show how you can liberate your business using AI and the latest AI agents.

AI customer agents are everywhere these days. But what can they actually do to help your customer service function? And which AI agents are the best for your business?