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Optimising your blog posts helps to ensure your posts have the best chance of being found, read and shared by your target audience while improving your page’s ranking on search engine results pages (SERPs). Search engine optimisation (SEO) may sound complicated to beginners, however, grasping the basics of SEO is quite simple and easy toRead more

A home’s equity is the difference between the market value of the property and the amount the owner still owes on their home loan. For example, if the home is worth $800,000 and the homeowner owes $450,000, they have $350,000 in equity. There many ways homeowners can build equity in their home to improve theirRead more

The financial power and freedom that comes from being a successful business owner can be enough to entice anyone to take on the financial risk of starting up a business. But growing a successful business from scratch is no easy feat. Below are some tips to keep in mind when starting a business from scratch:Read more

With the Federal Government’s proposed changes to the transition to retirement (TTR) pension to take effect from 1 July 2017, those with existing arrangements should review them to avoid any adverse impact on their retirement funds. Following changes in the 2016 Federal Budget, from 1 July 2017, transition to retirement (TTR) pensions will no longerRead more

Tax offsets (also known as ‘rebates’) can directly reduce the amount of tax payable on a person’s taxable income. While claiming certain tax offsets can reduce a person’s tax payable to zero, on their own, they cannot create a tax refund. Here are three common types of tax offsets some individuals are eligible to claim:Read more

The Australian Tax Office has recently collaborated with industry representatives to develop a safe harbour for car fringe benefits. A safe harbour is a guideline that allows Australian businesses to make use of an efficient way to calculate tax where certain conditions are met. This particular safe harbour will simplify the approach for working outRead more

Twitter is a valuable marketing tool for small businesses wanting to expand and maintain their reach to online audiences. However, the true value of the social platform lies in its engagement; unless users are actually engaging with your business’s tweets and content, you are wasting precious time and energy reaching out to people who aren’tRead more

Lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) is a common type of insurance used by individuals who don’t have a large enough deposit to buy a house but would still like to enter the property market. LMI is a type of insurance that protects lenders (or credit providers) in the event of a borrower defaulting on their homeRead more

Preparing a business for sale is a complex and often long-term process, which requires a lot of preparation and planning. Yet few business owners are prepared when it comes time to be sale-ready. Exit planning involves careful preparation and consideration of the financial and business implications. Here are three tips to help business owners prepareRead more

Australians are required to meet a condition of release under superannuation law before they are allowed to cash preserved benefits, restricted non-preserved benefits or access any of their super. Some conditions of release restrict the form of the benefit or the amount of benefit that can be paid. These are known as ‘cashing restrictions’. TheRead more