[ { "post_id": "172", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Understanding the economic indicators that impact your business", "post_content_short": "Confused by the economic indicators shared in the media? Know the numbers that matter for your business with our back to basics guide.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/172\/AdobeStock_90723370.jpeg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/understand-economic-indicators-with-linda-mcgowan-accountants\/", "post_date": "2023-03-19 22:47:00" }, { "post_id": "171", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "FBT 2023 and hybrid workforces with Linda McGowan Accountants", "post_content_short": "For business owners, FBT 2023 might involve some complex calculations. Get across changing covid exemptions and keep your hybrid workforce\ncompliant. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/171\/AdobeStock_504806856.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/fbt-2023-and-hybrid-workforces-with-linda-mcgowan-accountants\/", "post_date": "2023-03-05 23:59:00" }, { "post_id": "170", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "3 ways to increase business profit in 2023 with Linda McGowan Accountants", "post_content_short": "Discover 3 ways to increase business profit in a year of economic uncertainty by starting with sales, pricing and costs.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/170\/AdobeStock_508893191.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/3-ways-to-increase-business-profit-in-2023-with-linda-mcgowan-accountants\/", "post_date": "2023-02-17 06:06:00" }, { "post_id": "169", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "What is business insurance and do I need it?", "post_content_short": "Every savvy business owner, hopefully at the early stages of establishing their own venture, has asked themselves ‘what insurance do I need\nfor my business?’ And the answer will depend on a few things including the type of business you own, the products you sell, how you interact\nwith customers and whether you’ll be employing people or using contractors.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/169\/Sydney-Melbourne-Australian-Business-Accountant-(74).png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/what-is-business-insurance-and-do-i-need-it\/", "post_date": "2022-05-20 07:07:53" }, { "post_id": "168", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Federal Budget 2022-23 Overview", "post_content_short": "The 2022-23 Federal Budget is aimed at moving business into the digital era with both carrots and sticks in the budget. In this overview we\r\n\texamine what the impact of the Federal Budget will have on individuals and businesses...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/168\/Federal-Budget-Roundup-2022-23.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/our-resources\/federal-budget-2022-23-overview\/", "post_date": "2022-03-29 18:15:00" }, { "post_id": "167", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "The Marketing Essentials for Business Start-Ups", "post_content_short": "With the upheaval experienced to all aspects of our lives due to the Covid pandemic, it is not surprising many people are questioning their\r\n\tcareer choices and considering major changes. As a result, we are expecting to see a surge in business start-ups in 2022. New business\r\n\towners often focus on the product or service offering, financial aspects or other mechanics of start-up whilst neglecting their marketing\r\n\tplan, instead of making it a priority…", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/167\/Marketing-Essentials-for-Start-Ups.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/the-marketing-essentials-for-business-start-ups\/", "post_date": "2022-02-23 05:50:00" }, { "post_id": "166", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "The Key Ingredients for Business Success (Part 3)", "post_content_short": "In part one and two of this series of articles we identified the fact that there is no secret formula or magic potion that guarantees\r\n\tfinancial success in business, however, there are some key ingredients that successful businesses have in common.  In part three we\r\n\tlook at the importance of building a great team, having a lead generation website (including video content) and building a customer\r\n\tdatabase...   ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/166\/Key-Ingredients-for-Business-Success-Part-3.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/the-key-ingredients-for-business-success-part-3\/", "post_date": "2022-01-19 02:28:00" }, { "post_id": "165", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Merry Christmas from Linda McGowan", "post_content_short": "Wishing all our clients and their families the very best for the Festive Season and a safe & happy 2022. Please note our offices will be\r\n\tclosed from Tuesday 21st<\/sup> December and will re-open on Monday 10th<\/sup> January 2022. In the meantime, and in case you\r\n\tmissed it, check out our latest Business Accelerator Magazine, full of articles and news about growing and nurturing your business. This\r\n\tedition includes our second article in a series on What are the Key Ingredients for a Successful Business? As well as articles on the ATOs\r\n\tnew Stapled Super Fund rules, an examination of why start-ups fail and info on the rules around the newly introduced Company Director ID\r\n\tNumber…", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/165\/Merry-Christmas-2022-McGowan.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/our-resources\/client-newsletters\/december-2021\/", "post_date": "2021-12-20 07:42:00" }, { "post_id": "164", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "ATO’s New Stapled Super Fund Rules – What Do Employers Need to Do?", "post_content_short": "Superannuation stapling came into effect from 1 November 2021 for new employees and employers will need to ensure their onboarding process\r\n\tcomplies with the ATO’s new ‘super stapling’ requirements...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/164\/Check-ATO-for-Super-Stapling.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/atos-new-stapled-super-fund-rules-what-do-employers-need-to-do\/", "post_date": "2021-11-25 07:21:00" }, { "post_id": "163", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "The Key Ingredients for Business Success (Part 2)", "post_content_short": "Most people for one reason or another contemplate starting their own business. While there’s no magic potion or secret formula that\r\n\tguarantees business success, highly successful businesses have some common characteristics that we will explore across a series of articles.\r\n\tIn this instalment, we look at the importance of marketing and systemisation...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/163\/Key-Ingredients-for-Business-Success-article-2.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/the-key-ingredients-for-business-success-part-2\/", "post_date": "2021-11-08 03:00:36" }, { "post_id": "162", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Government Locks in Director ID Deadline", "post_content_short": "Are you a Company Director? The new Director ID regime is now law and existing company directors have until 30 November 2022 to apply but\r\n\tnew directors appointed as of 1st<\/sup> Nov 2021 have just 28 days from appointment to apply and directors appointed 5th April 2022\r\n\tonwards must apply prior to appointment...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/162\/Director-ID-Deadline.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/government-locks-in-director-id-deadline\/", "post_date": "2021-10-18 03:20:36" }, { "post_id": "161", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Why Do New Businesses Fail?", "post_content_short": "The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way we live, work and play. While the pandemic has posed a threat to lives and livelihoods,\r\n\tthere’s clear evidence that people have struggled to balance the hybrid work model particularly when combined with home schooling\r\n\tduties. After 18 months of uncertainty people are doing a lot of soul-searching and a chunk of the population are re-evaluating various\r\n\tparts of their lives including their employment and some are considering self-employment. In this article we examine the perils and\r\n\tpitfalls of going out on your own, and importantly, how to avoid them...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/161\/Why-Do-Start-Ups-Fail.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/why-do-new-businesses-fail\/", "post_date": "2021-10-13 07:19:41" }, { "post_id": "160", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Preparing to Sell Your Business", "post_content_short": "It's an emotional moment when you finally make the decision that it's time to sell your business. All those long hours, customer dramas and\r\n\tfinancial risks will loom large in your mind, but the buyer isn't interested in how much work you've put into your 'baby', they want to see\r\n\tfinancial proof that the asking price is justified....", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/160\/Preparing-Your-Business-for-Sale.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/preparing-to-sell-your-business\/", "post_date": "2021-10-07 06:28:22" }, { "post_id": "159", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "In Case You Missed Our September 2021 Business Accelerator Magazine…", "post_content_short": "Don’t miss our latest edition of the quarterly Business Accelerator Magazine, full of articles and news about growing and nurturing your\r\n\tbusiness. This edition includes the first part in our series on The Key Ingredients of Business Success as well as looking at whether\r\n\tCOVID-19 Grants are taxable and the ATO’s data-matching programme targeting lifestyle assets…", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/159\/Grow-Your-Business-FREE-newsletter.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/our-resources\/client-newsletters\/september-2021\/", "post_date": "2021-10-01 08:02:36" }, { "post_id": "158", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "The Key Ingredients for Business Success (Part 1)", "post_content_short": "Most people at some stage of their lives, for one reason or another, contemplate starting their own business. While there’s no magic\r\n\tpotion or secret formula that guarantees business success, highly successful businesses have some common characteristics that we will\r\n\texplore across a series of articles...\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/158\/What's-the-key-ingredient-for-business-success.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/the-key-ingredients-for-business-success-part-1\/", "post_date": "2021-09-23 07:36:00" }, { "post_id": "157", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "ATO’s Data-Matching Programme Continues to Focus on Lifestyle Asset Purchases", "post_content_short": "The Tax Office has now extended its lifestyle assets data-matching program for the 2020\/21 financial year through to 2022\/23 and expect to\r\n\tidentify around 300,000 individuals each year…\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/157\/luxury-yacht-ATO-crosschecking-assets.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/atos-data-matching-programme-continues-to-focus-on-lifestyle-asset-purchases\/", "post_date": "2021-09-16 01:00:00" }, { "post_id": "156", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Are COVID-19 Grants & Subsidies Taxable?", "post_content_short": "The State and Federal Governments have provided business owners with a range of grants and subsidies through the pandemic including the\r\n\tCashflow Boost, COVID-19 Disaster Payments and JobKeeper. While you might think all government support is tax free, this is not the case...<\/strong>\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/156\/Are-Covid-19-Grants-and-Subsidies-tax-free.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/are-covid-19-grants-and-subsidies-taxable\/", "post_date": "2021-09-07 05:45:00" }, { "post_id": "155", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Rent Relief for Victorian and NSW Commercial Tenants", "post_content_short": "With both Victoria and NSW businesses in hard lockdown the state governments have introduced (or extended) their Commercial Tenancy Relief\r\n\tSchemes…\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/155\/Rent-Relief.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/rent-relief-for-victorian-and-nsw-commercial-tenants\/", "post_date": "2021-08-31 09:15:00" }, { "post_id": "154", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "COVID-19 Government Support for Victorian Small Businesses", "post_content_short": "For small business owners, access to government support is a critical lifeline and there have been a lot of changes in the last month which\r\n\twe summarise in this article ...\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/154\/Small-Business-COVID-Hardship-Fund.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/covid-19-government-support-for-victorian-small-businesses\/", "post_date": "2021-08-17 04:37:00" }, { "post_id": "153", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Support Packages for Victorian and NSW Businesses", "post_content_short": "Australian businesses are again feeling the pinch financially as the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold. Businesses\r\n\talong the east coast particularly are in a state of uncertainty - going in and out of lockdown like a swinging door. As a result, the\r\n\tFederal Government has expanded the range of financial support available...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/153\/JobSaver.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/support-packages-for-victorian-and-nsw-businesses\/", "post_date": "2021-08-06 07:18:28" }, { "post_id": "152", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "New Company Director Identification Number", "post_content_short": "Attention all Company Directors - The Government has introduced a Director Identification Number (DIN) to provide greater transparency\r\n\taround the background of company directors and combat illegal phoenixing leaving creditors unable to recover debts...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/152\/Director-ID-Number.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/new-company-director-identification-number\/", "post_date": "2021-06-28 00:45:00" }, { "post_id": "151", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "2021 Tax Return – Home Expense Claims", "post_content_short": "The Australian Tax Office has indicated that several types of costs associated with working-from-home will not be eligible as a tax\r\n\tdeduction…", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/151\/Working-from-Home-claiming-home-office-expenses.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/2021-tax-return-home-expense-claims\/", "post_date": "2021-06-10 08:24:00" }, { "post_id": "150", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Victorian Small Business Snap Lockdown Grants", "post_content_short": "Victorian Business Costs Assistance Program (Round Two)<\/strong> - with the snap lockdown commencing Thursday 27th May the Victorian\r\n\tState Government has announced Round Two of the Business Costs Assistance program which opened for applications today (Friday 4th June) and\r\n\tthe Commonwealth Government has announced a Temporary COVID Disaster Payment for employees...", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/150\/cash-for-business-forced-into-lockdown-victoria.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/victorian-small-business-snap-lockdown-grants\/", "post_date": "2021-06-04 04:46:00" }, { "post_id": "149", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Tax Planning Strategies 2020\/21 Year End", "post_content_short": "As we approach the end of the 2021 financial year, tax planning has never been more important and as accountants, we believe our client\r\n\tbrief includes helping you minimise your tax liability within the framework of the Australian taxation system. Business planning is always\r\n\tchallenging but planning with a pandemic in the background is incredibly difficult given the uncertainty, so for many businesses, the number\r\n\tone priority right now is cash flow...\r\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/149\/Tax-Planning.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/our-resources\/2021-year-end-tax-planning-guide\/", "post_date": "2021-06-02 06:42:04" }, { "post_id": "148", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "2021-22 Federal Budget Summary", "post_content_short": "<\/strong>The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released the Federal Budget on Tuesday May 11 and the focus is on recovery and investment\r\n\tto support job creation to drive economic growth. In this article we examine the main changes proposed around personal and business taxation\r\n\tas well as superannuation…\r\n\r\n

 <\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/148\/Federal-Budget-Roundup-2020-21.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.lindamcgowan.com.au\/blog\/2021-22-federal-budget-summary\/", "post_date": "2021-05-17 23:00:00" } ]