NSW Lockdown business support grants

NSW Lockdown business support grants

On Tuesday, the government announced a range of business support grants for businesses effected by the latest COVID-19 lockdown in NSW. These include: Small business support payments (salary support) COVID business support grants Micro business support grants program...
JobKeeper Update and Q&A webinar

JobKeeper Update and Q&A webinar

We ran this webinar as we’ve been getting a lot of questions on certain topics relating to JobKeeper and also have seen a lot of confusion in certain areas. The webinar covered: timing of topup payments payroll tax implications and concessions paid parental...
Job Keeper payments: what, when and who

Job Keeper payments: what, when and who

Yesterday, the government announced its $130 billion Job Keeper package aimed at maintaining employment levels and making sure employees can retain their income. Under the JobKeeper Payment, businesses significantly impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak will be able to...
Further small business COVID-19 stimulus

Further small business COVID-19 stimulus

Last night the government announced phase 2 of their small business stimulus package. As a follow-up to our previous post on assistance that is available to small and medium businesses, I have included more some info on the recent announcement and other assistance...
Small business stimulus

Small business stimulus

Last night, the Federal government announced its stimulus measures in response to the economic impact of the Corona pandemic. If there is any good news from any of this, it is that most of it are aimed at supporting small business. There are three main areas of the...
Xero plan upgrades and pricing change

Xero plan upgrades and pricing change

Xero recently announced that it was integrating Hubdoc into its software. It also announced that as of March 18, Xero will be increasing the price of all their Xero Starter, Standard and Premium plans by $2 a month in Australia. Xero will be integrating their data...
What is Single Touch Payroll?

What is Single Touch Payroll?

Single Touch Payroll (STP) is the new digital reporting obligation for reporting PAYG and super contribution information to the ATO. Currently employers report PAYG to the ATO on a monthly or quarterly basis and don’t report Super to the ATO at all. STP will require...