by Ben Smith | Dec 16, 2021 | Tax & Estate Planning
By Karina Waite & the Legal Services Team Back in April 2020, temporary measures were introduced in NSW that permitted the remote witnessing of legal documents over audio-visual link (AVL), such as by Skype, FaceTime, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Witnessing of legal...
by Ben Smith | Dec 16, 2021 | Accounting & Audit, Business Intel, COVID-19 Updates, Financial Planning, SMSF Specialists, Tax & Estate Planning
Merry Christmas to all our valued clients, suppliers and communities! As we enter the holiday period and begin to look ahead to 2022, our Partners and staff want to extend a sincere thank you for your support throughout 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has presented...
by Ben Smith | Dec 16, 2021 | Tax & Estate Planning
Most of Australia has been experiencing a building boom fuelled by government policy such as the HomeBuilder scheme and a general desire to improve our living spaces as we spend more time working, educating, and living at home. However, with global supply chains and...
by Ben Smith | Dec 16, 2021 | Accounting & Audit, Tax & Estate Planning
As investing in cryptocurrency becomes more prevalent in Australia, there is also a corresponding increase in scams being reported. Scamwatch, a part of the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission), estimates that Australians lost over $70m in...
by Ben Smith | Nov 25, 2021 | Accounting & Audit, Business Intel, COVID-19 Updates, Featured, Financial Planning, SMSF Specialists, Tax & Estate Planning
On 1 September 1951, Don Roberts and Keith Crichton took over as principals of a small local Armidale Firm called HG Uther & Co, renaming it Crichton Roberts & Co. Jack Morrow was then admitted as a partner in 1954. When Keith Crichton retired in 1957 the...
by Ben Smith | Nov 24, 2021 | Accounting & Audit, Business Intel, COVID-19 Updates, Financial Planning, SMSF Specialists, Tax & Estate Planning
All Company Directors will need to have a Director ID, which is a unique identifier that is kept forever, by 1 November 2022 at the latest. Director ID’s are being implemented to allow the government to verify and track an individual’s corporate history and...
