by Steven Watson | Sep 3, 2019 | Financial Services
Audit firms provide an essential service to capital markets. By building a basis for trust and confidence in financial reporting, auditors help firms manage financial risk, reduce financing costs and contribute to the effective allocation of capital for economic...
by David Saul | Oct 25, 2018 | Financial Services
Unfortunately, many things can go wrong with an SMSF and if something does go wrong where does the liability lie? Who might be pulled in to a lawsuit? If the proposed 3 year audit cycle goes ahead, we may be seeing more litigation cases involving SMSFs. Saul SMSF has...
by Robyn Jacobson | Oct 14, 2018 | Financial Services
Background After a long period of uncertainty, and in the midst of the recent Liberal Party leadership spill, the Senate on 23 August 2018 unexpectedly passed without amendment the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan Base Rate Entities) Bill 2018 (‘the BRE...
by David Smith | Mar 13, 2018 | Practice Management
It all seemed perfect at the time. Documents signed and together we go blissfully off into the future. Yet sometimes, as little as a few months later, the wheels start to wobble followed by tears, acrimony and lawyers at 50 paces. Mergers & acquisitions of...
by Sean Wilson | Jul 31, 2017 | Practice Management
A worker is a worker and a company director is a company director, and never the twain shall meet. Although according to a recent judgement of the Fair Work Commission, they occasionally do meet. Legislative background Generally, under the Fair Work Act 2009 (the...