Creditors have waived through debt restructuring deals for two of music-streaming service Guvera’s subsidiaries. A hit for taxpayers even as the Gold Coast-based parent awaits a research and development grant. Guvera placed subsidiaries Guvera Australia and Guv Services into administration in June. The company is owing almost $18 million to creditors including Tennis Australia, the Victoria Racing [...]
Woolworths is announcing a restructure to face Aldi Competition. It's time for this giant to become more competitive. Woolworths is cutting 500 jobs and closing 30 stores. The group is also looking to sell the struggling supermarket chain, EziBuy. The moves to make the supermarket chain more efficient will mean restructuring costs of $959 million. Woolworths [...]
Talk to your clients before the ATO goes after them The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is “concerned” by people making income from sites such as Uber, Airbnb and Airtasker. And are unaware they have to declare these amounts on their tax return. The warning comes after the ATO recently collated information from banks to find [...]
ASIC released its quarterly insolvency statistics for the third quarter of the 2015/16 financial year. It shows a decrease of 15.7% for companies entering external administration (EXAD). Liquidation appointments totalled 2,106 compared to 2,499 in the previous quarter. - Court liquidations were down 28.4%, except for South Australia (up 31%). - Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations were [...]
Menswear chain Man to Man has called in liquidators, just over a year since it emerged from voluntary administration under new owners. Man to Man appointed voluntary administrators back in 2014. At the time, the 35-year-old retailer citied tough trading conditions as well as a failed investment. Man to Man later emerged from the administration [...]
A factsheet has been released by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) with more information on the new withholding tax regime. Under the new law, vendors selling a property for over $2 million will need to apply for a clearance certificate to avoid the purchaser withholding 10% tax from the purchase price. The objective of the [...]
Extravagant Swag bought by accidental Millionaire Student Sydney’s Accidental Millionaire: Court documents have revealed the truly staggering amount of swag that 21-year-old Sydney student Christine Jia Xin Lee bought. Westpac goofed up and mistakenly transferred $4.6 million to her overdraft account. Lee, a chemical engineering student, became aware of the glitch in July 2014. She could have [...]
What happens to a small business owner when a big client refuses to pay their bills? Here, one describes the anxiety it’s causing during her pregnancy. I’m the owner of a small digital marketing agency that has been trading for almost two years. My business ran into extreme difficulties earlier this year because of a [...]
