Today I attended the Small Business Summit on the Global Financial Crisis hosted by the Council of Small Business and the Chamber of Commerce. Businesses from my local community were well represented; marketing consultants, graphic designers, research specialists, website designers to name a few.Prime Minister Rudd told us that there are 2 million small businesses [...]
Some not-for profit and sporting organisations can apply for an exemption of the stamp duty (7.5%) on public liability insurance. For further information and an application form for this exemption visit The Office of State Revenue and look for the Information sheet on “Insurance duty exemption - public liability insurance for not-for-profit community organisations”.from Heather [...]
Here is video that is quite topical How to successfully work with an offshore team from Tech Republic. ANISE Consulting has not yet ventured offshore, but with a defined framework and frequent communication we are operating a successful local virtual team. I don’t however suggest that you sign up for emails from Tech Republic, as [...]
When using MYOB, to add further information to the data entry process I suggest my clients use the following abbreviations in the Cheque No. Or ID# Field.Cheque No. - if you are using cheques, use the appropriate number, this overridesall other suggestions.BS - an entry sourced from the bank statementVISA - a VISA paymentMCARD - [...]
Following on from my article 20 Money Saving Tips, in Flying Solo I wanted to share free software or 'freeware' I have tried and tested. Freeware is offered by software firms on a trial basis, in the hope that you will upgrade to their subscription based product.In other cases free software is 100% free of [...]
The entrepreneurs’ tax offset (ETO) is a tax offset equal to 25% of the income tax payable on your business income if you have aggregated turnover of $50,000 or less. If your aggregated turnover is more than $50,000, the ETO is phased out so that the offset stops once your turnover reaches $75,000.
Last year Rick Van Dyk presented MYOB Time Saving Tips and suggested that we set up the rules in our Microsoft Outlook, so all newsletters automatically go to the same folder, so you can set some time aside in the week to read to them. Recently I have been signing up for RSS feeds, and [...]
The following event may be of interest to local business owners;Cannon Hill Anglican College Foundation Limited presents Succeeding in the South EastAn Evening with the PMOur local Member for Griffith, Kevin Rudd, is a living example of success in the South East. After years of “standing up for the Southside”, the Prime Minister will have [...]
If like me you undertake searches for phone numbers online you will be interested to know that you can actually opt out of receiving the hard copy of the white/yellow pages, unless of course you need a door stop, or want something to stand on to look bigger in photos. Simply call White Pages Customer [...]
Hey I just discovered something!!!!!This is an image from the Clearwater file – our friend James Cameron.When you click on contact – there are TWO names there. I puzzled for a while – how did they get two options.Can you work it out????I eventually figured it out – on the profile page there are different [...]