With international travel grinding to a halt, and domestic travel severely restricted, the tourism industry has been suffering more than most. The key objectives of the COVID-19 International Tourism Adaptation Grant program are to assist tourism businesses to: Pivot their product, service and/or marketing to a domestic tourism market Meet operating costs while the business […]
READ MOREJobKeeper 2.0 – Legislation passed! Do you qualify?
The JobKeeper 2.0 legislation has passed Understand how to qualify via the updated Basic and Alternative Tests What doesn’t change with JobKeeper? Businesses already enrolled for JobKeeper before 28 September 2020 do not need to re-enrol for the extension. They will need to continue to report monthly by the 14th day of each month. Businesses […]
READ MOREGrants announced for Victorian businesses
The Victorian Premier has announced a new business stimulus package including $3billion in cash grants and tax relief $1.1 billion in support of SME’s affected by coronavirus restrictions: Third round of Business Support fund grants which provides up to $20,000 for businesses with payroll under $10 million Grants of up to $30,000 for licenced venues […]
READ MOREHas COVID-19 devalued your business?
If you are selling your business, merging, acquiring, or inviting in new investors, you need to understand the value of your business. To what degree does the pandemic impact on value? Should you discount or hold firm to pre COVID-19 performance on the basis that ‘we’re going to come out of it eventually’? Understand the […]
READ MOREChanges to JobKeeper – Current scheme updated and effective from 3rd August 2020
On Friday 14th August 2020, the Treasurer released updated JobKeeper Rules in regards to a new test date for eligible employees from 3 August 2020 onwards. Under the original JobKeeper rules, an employee needed to have been employed by the entity as at 1 March 2020. The new rules allow that the relevant test date […]
READ MOREJobKeeper 2.0 – Extension of Stimulus Package
On Tuesday the 21st July, the government announced proposed changes to JobKeeper which will come into effect in September 2020. Rather than winding up the stimulus in September, it will now continue to be available to eligible businesses through to 28 March 2021, however it will be at a reduced payment rate. Eligibility: To continue […]
READ MORECOVID-19 Tax Implications
With both state and Federal governments announcing a range of stimulus packages over the last 4 months, businesses and individuals have been receiving a number of different income streams, which has led to a number of queries as to how these are treated from a tax perspective. COVID-19 Cash Flow Boost The Cash Flow Boost […]
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