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Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans
The regulatory watchdogs are under pressure to investigate big businesses forcing loans on small businesses.
The regulatory watchdogs are under pressure to investigate big businesses forcing loans on small businesses.
The small business ombudsman says big businesses including Mars, Kellogg's and Fonterra have a gun to the head of small businesses with their loan schemes.
It is an unfortunate fact of life that too often business owners have a total aversion to paying income tax.
Some business owners make the mistake of regarding the Australian Tax Office as the enemy.
More than $2 billion is currently overdue to suppliers.
How to claim the GST in your car expenses.
Parents cashed up from the property market are helping their kids fund start-ups.
Lavish credit card perks are in the firing line but small business owners will get fee relief.
There's a misconception that it's easier to claim a tax deduction for expenses in a business rather than as an employee.
Review by ASIC and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman finds big four banks fail to comply with unfair contracts legislation for small business.
The simpler a business structure is, the less tax effective it is.
Cash used to be king but now there's an app for everything and tradies are going mobile.
The Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman gets "emotional" facing a Senate estimates committee on Thursday.
Centrelink rules are changing.
Small business owners have backed the Fair Work Commission's decision announced on Thursday morning to slash Sunday penalty rates.
An online store selling mountain bike accessories was experiencing financial trouble. But a financial detox turned the business's finances around within six months. Here's how.
The tax and other obligations if you are a pursuing hobby are very different if your running a business.
Treat your company directors like an employee (in some ways).
Credit agency Veda has come under fire after it mistakenly recorded a court judgment on a business owner's file.Â
I've got a redundancy payout and I'm thinking of spending it on a business or franchise.
Small business owners are disadvantaged when it comes to superannuation tax deduction rules and the Centrelink income test.
One of the biggest tax benefits for small business owners was the Capital Gains Tax concessions introduced by the Howard government.
It's tax effective and flexible business structures. It's called a discretionary family trust.
Xero's model for small business customers and banks sharing data could be applied in consumer banking, the software company says.
A popular Abbott government initiative could be given more time if the Small Business Minister gets his way.
Small business won't be able to get grants to help their workers build skills.
1) Small business contracts are way too complicated for the average person to understand.
Ombudsman Kate Carnell is suggesting changes to the banking code based on contracts and transparency.
There is only one only time that using a company can reduce the tax paid by individuals.
I am 49 years old and I've had an unexpected offer on my business.
Who a leader is can be the most reliable predictor of what that leader actually does.
Don't take your lead from Donald Trump.
"I used to be horrified at the chef literally scraping masses of product into the bin."
Find out how they get that special sauce in the business DNA.
Young people are breaking away from traditional forms of employment and taking their chances.
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