Get Ready Early - Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) 2019

One question our advisers frequently get asked is “will I benefit from setting up a Trust”? Trusts, in particular Discretionary Family Trusts, are a popular entity type used by Altus clients.  Discretionary Family Trusts are often effective for clients ...

We have all dealt with businesses that seem to be run in an environment of confusion and chaos. It sometimes feels that nobody can, or indeed is able to, help their customers or colleagues by making decisions that resolve conflict and assist in moving ...

Your financial picture just got clearer Welcome to the new financial year. It’s time to embrace what technology can do for us – make our lives easier. We know you don’t like paperwork. In fact, in our recent client survey 81% of our clients said that ...

From our experience with helping our clients with their accounting and management reporting needs, we have compiled an outline of what we think are benefits and issues relating to adopting cloud based reporting tools. The key benefits of cloud based ...

One of the key ingredients to business success is the existence of a well thought out and structured plan. This is relevant no matter what the size of the business. Surprisingly, it is one aspect that is often overlooked leaving success or failure very ...

Recently, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has updated their approach to the tax compliance of small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and wealthy individuals in Australia. What does this mean for you? It means that that more SMEs and wealthy individuals ...

    Audits can be seen as something of a chore, sometimes even a process to be feared. But a quality independent Audit can benefit your business both immediately and in the long-term. The primary goal of an Audit is to meet your legal obligations. It’s a ...

We have found that a common challenge for business leaders is to make their vision and passion for the business clear and relevant enough so that it keeps them and their team inspired to perform. Too often we see business owners spending too much time on ...

Running a business can be so intensive that we don’t always have the chance to think about where we’re headed. Occasionally that can mean we miss out on an opportunity or end up heading in a direction we never intended. With a clear picture in mind, ...