By Kymberlee Naumann As the world becomes more and more global, SMSF trustees are continually being faced with matters of an international flavour. Many industries are also becoming increasingly glob...
By Scott Patterson Over a decade and a half ago a young cricketer at the Australian Cricket Academy was approached to bat whilst the Australian team were practising in the nets nearby. The team’s fas...
Summer 2012 Christmas Spirit! The staff of Wealth Experience have been full of Christmas spirit over the last few months. The Warwick branch of Bank of Queensland was a collection point for the Smith...
By Philip Saal More and more individuals are choosing for their life insurance to be held within their superannuation fund. Term Life and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD), in particular, are common...
By Brett McEvoy A problem faced by many employers is how to determine if the person they are paying for services falls under the category of an employee or a contractor. Another is which option is be...
Spring 2012 Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo Wealth Experience was a part of the Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo held at the Toowoomba Showgrounds on 20 and 21 June, hosting a stand in the main ...
By Philip Saal Just when you thought it was safe to come out into the economy after the GFC, we now have the “Fiscal Cliff”. Do you think economists make up terminology for events that they cannot fu...
By Sharon Baldwin Office of State Revenue focuses its attention on Payroll Tax in Queensland The Newman Government strengthens compliance measures and is focusing on Payroll tax in Queensland. Trea...
Summer 2012 The staff of Power Tynan recently voted on which charities to support for the six months ending 31 December 2012. The two charities with the most votes were Starlight Foundation and Beyon...
The office was a buzz of excitement. The word had passed around. The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, Cheryl Lea Fields was in town and was dropping in to pay a visit to our humble office! Our Toow...
By Gilda Brisotto For years, businesses have been using benchmarking tools to assist them to assess the performance of their business against others in their industry and now the Tax Office are using...
By Chelsea Brunckhorst With technology being enhanced every day the risk of scams is also on the rise via phone, mail, online and face-to-face. It is likely that almost everyone has been a target of ...
by Dan Cuthbert It doesn’t matter how much you earn or how regular your income is: if you’re self-employed, that’s one more hoop you will need to jump through when applying for a home loan. That’s no...
By Brad Nightingale “Should we diversify our residential property portfolio?” It is a question that regularly comes up and like many areas of property investment, there is no right or wrong answer. M...
by Scott Patterson There are many sources of business risk. When starting your business it is important you understand there are certain risk events you can control and other events you can’t. Change...
By Mark Silvester The Government has recently made further amendments to the superannuation Regulations as a result of the Stronger Super reforms that were announced in December 2010. One of these t...
By Craig Uys A recent survey conducted for the Financial Services Council by Rice Walker found that only 4% of those with dependants have sufficient life insurance1. This has the potential to greatly...
By Simon Newman As one of our top areas for property investment nationally, we thought we would outline the reasons why Toowoomba is seen as an area with great potential for property investors in the...
By Jason Clewley Think for a moment about the accounting software you are currently using - is it over 3 years old? If you answered ‘yes’, it may be time to look at the upgrade options available for ...
By Scott Patterson Dancing in the Rain The impacts of the global financial crises and turbulent economic markets have now been with us since early 2008. That is, since early 2008 we have seen equity...
